Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-08
HOGS
BRING OVER $4,000
Auction Sale Of Thoroughbred
Berkshires Here Wednesday
Some of the Best Known Breeders in
Country Present-Clapp & Tenney Of
Brattleboro Pay Highest, $215.

In the first consignment sale Of Berk-
shire swine ever held in New England
80 head, principally brood sows and
gifts, were sold by auction Wednesday
afternoon in the pavilion of the
Purebred Live Stocks Sales Co. on Yer
non street for upwards of $4,000, or an
average of about $40. This is eonsid-
cred good average. The sale was at
tended by about $50 persons. Some of
them were local residents, but the au-
dlence included some of the best known
breeders of Berkshires in the country.
Ten head were bought by Vermont.
ers, all i'll Windham county and all but
one in Brattleboro. The highest price
in the sale was 1915 paid by Arthur
b. Clapp of this town, proprietor of
the Wilder farm, and president of the
Brattleboro Trust Co. and Ebert c.
Tenney. Their purchase for that sum
was Whitguern Beauty Sd, consigned
by Flintstone Farm, Dalton, Mass, and
farrowed Feb. 81, 1917. She was one
of litter of II.
Mr.. Clapp also bought individually
some handsome specimens, as did Glen
ham Jones and Mr. Tenney, one of their
purchasers being Superbus Sallie Cd,
grand champion SOW at Trenton, far
rowed March 10, 1916, for which they
paid $l65.
Other local buyers were Frederick
L. Houghton, A. j. Hildreth, w. 8.
Pratt, and j. +. Alexander of Saxtons
River.
Before the sale Harry w. Knights
of Littleton, Mass, president of the
American Berkshire congress and presi-
Of hn Do Oh; Soc,
club, gave talk on the progress of
the Berkshire breed in this country.
The auctioneer was D. A. Perry of
Barre (Vt), who kept things moving
and who caused ripple of laughter
when one of the sows went up the
stairs to the auctioneer's platform by
stating that he was ready to resign if
the newcomer could do any better.
One SOW which was a litter mate of a
boar that sold at public auction for $3.50
died of pneumonia at the pavilion Tues
day afternoon. She was consigned by
the Wendover Farms, Bernardville, n. j.,
and contracted pneumonia on the train
en- route to Brattleboro. She was valued
at from $500 to 81 900.
Tuesday night the annual meeting of
New England Berkshire club was held in
VIC DioONS IiouSt lOiloWlHS DdHqueV III
the hotel dining room. These officers
were elected: Pres, Harry Knights of
Littleton, Mass; vice pres, s. r. Nor
rison of Oxford, N. H.; Sec and treas,
Richard Lake Faux of Mantle, Conn. di-
rector. for VermoHt,I Harrison d. Smith, of
Chelsea; director for New Hampshire,
John Gaulp of Manchester; director for
Connecticut, Prof. II. l.. Garrigus of
Storrs.
Changes in the constitution and by
laws were made so as to permit the con-
solidation of the Connecticut Berkshire
association, which has expressed a desire
to be absorbed by the New England Berk-
shire club. An appropriation of 500 was
made for prizes at the Berkshire congress
at the Eastern States Exposition in
Springfield Mass. 1t was voted to raise
a fund to send carload of Berkshire pigs
raised by boys and girls to the Interna-
tional Livestock show in Chicago.
AT the close of the banquet there was
after-dinner speaking by John c. Simp-
son, manager of the Eastern States Elk
position in Springfield Andrew L. Felix
er OF Concord, n H., head of the Live
stock Interests of the New Hampshire de-
partment of agriculture; Harry Knights
of Littleton, Mass, president of the
American Berkshire congress; James
Dodge, manager of the Hood farm in
Lowell, Mass, and A. ]. Stapleton of
jSpringfield