The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-18
FRENCH COMMISSION
BUYING VERMONT COWS
European Cattle Experts Are Making
Chester Their Headquarters While
Searching State.

Chester Aug. 13.-Vermont is one
OF the localities chosen early by the
government OF France for the nnr-
chase Of the cattle that are to provide
,ihe milk and dairy products for the
B children and c'iigecs cf THAT republic
NJ are t. BE The basis Of the rehabili-
tation of it's dairy interests Chester
has been selected by the French mis-
I si4a that has charge of New England
/ for the center Of these purchases for
lower Vermont and the representa-
iiyos of the French government are
now finishing their work OF selection
in this town.
4 Only young grade COWS and grade
( heilers are accepted and from these
/ are chosen the cattle that are suffici-
entity healthy and perfect in every re
I spect to prove satisfactory for the i'm
pprtant work they are TO perform
THE French government has sent
these representatives to such COM
munities as it deemed best to pur-
chase cattle which it will ship to
France and give to the peasants in
the sections of that country recently
devastated by war Upon these cat
tie, part of which are from our Yer
mont pastures. largely depends the
future OF the agricultural interests CT
France.
TO insure the importation of only
such cattle as are suitable. ii is first
necessary that the cattle be inspected
by the United States eovernmentns to
their condition of health This work
is supervised by DR. H. A DeFossett
of Montpelier, IT. s. bareau OF animal
industry. who has charge OF the work
of eradicating tuberculosis from the
herds of this locality. The cattle
that are found to be healthy are tag
ged by the United States government
and all the others are rejected. After
this such cattle as are passed as to
health are thoroughly examined by
the representatives of the French gov
eminent as to all necessary require
ments and those found satisfactory
are so tagred by that government. ac-
cepted, and finally shipped to France
in boat loads from Newport News
Va about 800 in each load
The expert of the French govern
ment in charge of the work here is
j Detante. a noted veterinary and for
merely one Of the large breeders of
France, whose fine herds and valu-
able horses, together with his other
property were taken by the German
plunderers from these very regions
that he is working to restore. He
escaped with his family to Paris and
served as a lieutenant in the French
army DR.. Detante's associate is L. |
Launois a noted cattle expert, who
was still less fortunate than his col |
leagto and was taken prisoner and
b Id for four years by the Germans.
These experts are assisted BY Robert
Garmier of New York city actin< as
clerk for the MISSION and James
Trayall Of Trenton y. t. INTERRUPTION
Mr.. Travell, graduate of Yale in 1919
left college to serve in the ambulance
corps bfore the United States enter
ed the war and served in both the
French and United States forces.
The buying of the cattle for New
England is in charge of Cassius Way,
veterinary and cattle expert of New
York, who is present here superin-
tending the buying. He is assisted
by the Greer Brothers of Newbury