Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-24
CATTLE TENTS WILL
 ARRIVE ON SATURDAY,
Secretary. Eeckwith Forced to Secure Them for Surplus Animals ct County Fair.

Secretary ". w. Beclwith of the New London County Agricultural so- ciety said Wednesday night that number of tents which he has secured to house the surplus cattle and horses at the fair will arrive in town on Sat urday. The securing of the tents has 1 been made necessary because there will not be room in the various build ings and barns to house all the stock this year.
 4 feature of this years fair will be a tractor engine from the plant of the International Harvester company, and there will also be seen a milking ma chine all ready for use. Secretary | Beckwith says there will be a lot of novelties on the grounds.
 At present there are some IS or 20 l horses housed at the fair grounds and next week will see the arrival of 75 or 80 more. Secretary BeClIwith is to 1 leave within a few days for WOOnsOck- ct in the interests of the fair. The race track is, being put in first | class condition for the fast racing l events, of which there will be many. i The track is being resurfaced and roll l ed down with a heavy roller. The home l stretch is SO feet wide this year and 1 the back stretch is 55 feet wide, while 1 the turns are about 50 feet in width. 1 No grass will show on the track as in | J night the track will be soaked down ! and before sunrise each morning from 1 then on to the end of the fair it will 1 be well brushed. The brush will be run owe rthe track between each heat 1 during the racing.
 i One of Waiter Cox's men who was l at the track this week says it is the l fastest twice around track anywhere i around.
 l George M. Brooks, who has been the l foo LLn fai l serving turkey dinners at 50 cents, has l left Hartford to come here becaUs 1 he says the Norwich fair is a better l fair than the Hartford and Berlin fairs. l The Connecticut Berkshire assOcia- | tiOn will have 32 pens of BerkShireS l on the grounds, each averaging in value from $200 to $5,00O or $6000. Cat i tie worth from $200 to $5 00G or more i will feature the cattle exhibits. l The dairy department of the Con- ! neCtiCut Agricultural college will have 1 some of it's best animals on exhibition. ! The herd consists of representatives of 1 five breeds, viz: Jerseys, GuernSeys, | AyrShires, HOlsteins and ShCrthOrnS, l the latter reed being added recently. | Up to the present there has never been more than 35 cows milking at one time. | Where it is necessary to work with so many different breeds for instructiOnal | purposes, limiting the number of each, 1 the process of getting a large number ! or IllSA producers lS IdLnGE SLOW. 1 All the animals except two AyrShires i were bred at the Connecticut Agricul i tural college a a very nominal expense 1 for bulls and foundation stock. All but 1 three are in the herd at present. It should be stated, however that the use
 of some good bulls has been made pos sible by gifts from breeders. The yield ! of butter can be calculated from the 1 but-erfat by allowing the fat to equal ! 80 per cent. of the butter, as in case i of Holsteins, or 5per cent. as calCu- ] lated for Jerseys and AyrShireS by the
 respective breeders. For Guernseys
 one-sixth is added to the fat. Using l the figure advocated by the expert
 ment stations (One-siXth added to fat)
 the gross yield of butter for the 20 l COWS is Il, 767 pounds butter.
 l King Segis Inka Payne heads the | TIoisteins- He is sired by the sire of l Finderne Holligen Payne, the phenom- 1 enal worlds record three year over all 1 ages and breeds. He also has another worlds record sister As his great | grandsires he has Hengerveld De KOl, l De Kol 2d, Butter Boy 3d, and King Segis.
 Jolly Oxford Lad heads the Jerseys and is the last son of the famous Ok ford Lad and was formerly at the head l of Belleview farms herd at Southing- ton.
 Strathglass Whitehiu True heads the | Ayrshire breed and is from the famous i Netherhau and True To Time line. His 1 dam and her half sister produced over 1100O pounds milk in one year and are producing at present at the rate of 14,000 pounds.
 General Joffre of Greenway heads the Guernseys and is from a dam with
 nearly 10000 pounds milk and 533
 pounds butter. His grandsire is the
 great Washers Sequel, leader of all
 1 sires with 4advanced registry daugh-
 ters.