The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-09
Bull Brings 5000 and Fair
Prices Are Realized
from Cows
TWO-DAY SALE OF
HOLSTEINS END
Aggregate Amount Received About
$4,000 Largest Buyer John B.
Clark of Vergennes, Taking So Head
for Large Sum-

Clark of Vergennes, Taking SO Head
for Large Sum.
After long second days sale the
goth auction sale at the Purebred Live
Stock Sales Co. s pavilion closed about |
O'Clock last night, 126 head of Hol- |
stein Friesian cattle having been dis |
posed of for a total of $21 900. The |
largest individual buyer was John b. |
Clark of Vergennes. who bid off 50 |
head for $5,7S5. The entire herd from
the Barber farm in this town, number |
ing % head, brought Attorney Frank
+. Barber, owner of the farm. about
$4,000. The highest price paid for a |
single animal was $780, bid by George
G. Waite of Windsor for Fairmont Al
cartra King, two-year bull, con-
signed by the Barber farm. Mr. Waite
bought three other animals for $275.
Roger W. Brown of Bedford,
Mass, C. E. Thomas of Prattville, Ala.
and Forsgate Farms of Jamesburg. n.
j., each bought l 0head, their checks
in payment being drawn for $l.215,|
$50 and 1910 respectively All of
the bovines bought by Mr. Thomas
were calves.
Pietje Madaline Colantha, five
year-old COW consigned by j. w. Prem
tiss & Son of Alstead, n H, brought
the second high bid, $505, from the
Forsgate farms. Among the animals
which they bought were two-year!old
cow, also from the Prentiss herd. for
which they paid $500; a seven-year- old
cow from B. G. Dana IS herd in Al
stead for 1865; fve-year- old cow
from the Barber farm for 1885 and a
yearling heifer from the same herd for
1905
Frank Adams of Chester, who bought
The Private, three-year- old bull con
, signed by J. L. Kerr of Putney for
$500, also paid $50 for a calf
} Among Mr.. Clark s herd of SO head
were the following: Two four-year- old
cows and a fve-year-old cow from the
Barber farm consignment, the prices
: paid being $210, $215 and 1915 respee-
: lively; and three eight -year-old cows
consigned by E. B. Wild of East Bar
net, the prices for these animals being
$ $275, 1926 and $500.
e Two fouryear-old cows from the
Kerr consignment in Putney, bringing
: s355 and $3.50, were included in Roger
5 NJ. Browns shipment home after the
5 sale. Four bovines were shipped to the
a Broadlie farm in Easthampton, check
e for Sl,215 covering the purchases of
that farm. They were two wo-vear-old
COWS consigned by James F. Raw of
Franklin, Mass, which sold for s265
}. and $295, a six-year-old COW from Z. B
Wild's consignment for 1855, and a
seven-year-old COW from j. l.. Kerr 5
herd for 5000.
B. r. Phillips of Townshend paid
!. $500 for your year-old cow from the
Barber farm herd. a four-year-old COW
, from Mr. Kerr S herd cost Charles E
Clark of Leeds, Mass, $500, while q
three-year-old COW from the same hero
brought like amount from LEROY S
Putnam of Rutland Mass.
b. q. Dana, one of the consignors. bio
= off two year-old COW which came from
Clyde A. Berry's farm in Littleton, n. HI.
for 1905.
Among the bidders was f. H. Metcal
OF Holyoke, who attends nearly ever,
sale, and seven year-old COW from ]. /
kerr's herd was struck off to him a
Is 1928. j. II. ID. Whitcomb of LittIeton
p Mass, bought four head for S745; G. B
,e Tower OF Leeds, Mass, two head TO
,e $3.50; the Northampton State hospita
S395 for two head; r. A. McNif of Lit
u tleton, Mass. $400 for four animals
,e three head brought 1920 through the bid
/ ding of H. f. Newton of Bernardston: i
is b. Foote of Middlebury bought four hea
10 for $40.
4 Among the local buyers were r. +
Briggs, the well-k known Guernsey breed
ID er, who paid 1866 for a two wear old co,
re from Mr.. kerr's herd Clair n. Love
,e OF this town, son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. 1
# Lowell also became the owner of tw
be calves, for which $l20 was paid. F. !
ha Richardson of West Brattleboro bougl
mn a three year-old COW included in the col
oh signment from Charles III. Brooks also {
o. West Brattleboro. :.
A four -year-old COW from the Ke,
,r+ herd, which sold for $500, went to ii
of Sunset Trail Farm in Pomfret. The
also bought two calves, check for S4.
-, covering the three animals.
~ Barber Farm two year old heif,
r brought $500 from Theodore F. Mart
of Stafford Springs, Conn, who also pa
$3.50 for two year old COW consign,
by B. G. Dana Another Barber Far
animal, three year -old cow. was
off by L. J. Harley, ir., of Springfield
= Mass, for $3.50.
DC three year-old from the Kerr far
was sold to F. W. Weeden of Bello,
Falls for $3.50. Cross & Wilson of Nor
ca Charlestown, n. H., bought yearli
ri bull for 1920. This was consigned
sto Il Dx,lr1 of