Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-17
Newport Gets New Bushes.


| The Graylawn Farms incol ated,
manufacturers of Louse-Chas ScaD-
| Chase and Flea-Chase have located IN
| Newport city. For some time this
company while doing business in Wa
terbury had been considering chang
| ing their place of business, and locat-
ing where their products could be
more conveniently transported over
/ the railroads. The company has
/ leased two upper floors of the A. O..
Fairbrother building on Coventry
| street, which were formerly occupied
by Mr.. Fairbrother as paint shop.
| Extensive repairs are being made on
| the interior of the building In order
| to accommodate the new concern with
| suitable office and manufacturing
room, storage and shipping quarters.
The first floor has large general
Office which is very pleasantly ar
ranged for the force of employees the
! business requires in handling their
! products. There Is also private Of
fee for the use of Fl. E. Gray, trea-
surer of the company. Beyond the
main office is a room which is being
/ fitted up with modern machinery
for filling the containers, one OF
which contains large hopper which
! is filled from the floor above and so
adjusted that the amount required
in each package is automatically
weighed. Then these cans are put
into another machine which seals
them with metal caps. They are
them ready to go to the shipping
/ cases.
The upper floor will be used for
storage, also preparing products.
Large mixers are being put in and the
1 60 oil h<a nH
with modern up to date machinery for
the handling of the goods they manu-
| facture. A large elevator has been
| installed, running from the ground
floor to the third floor. The present
/ quarters contain about 5000 square
feet of floor space.
The company began the manufac-
ture of Louse-Chase on Mr.. Gray's
farm in Waterbury, which contained
nearly 600 acres and was stocked with
registered Holstein cattle. Mr.. Gray
experienced what every farmer does
by having his stock menaced with
lice. He tried everything on the
market to exterminate them but with
out success. This led to his prepar-
/ ing a Louse-Chase of his own, which
worked so well that the neighbors be-
gan to call for it. The product prov
ed SO effective and the calls kept in
| creasing TO such an extent that Mr..
Gray decided to place it on the market
and in December 1919, the Graylawn
Farms Stock company was organized.
II. Z. Gray Is treasurer, and the Iarg-
est stakeholder, DIR. w. E. Fitch of
| St. Johnsbury, president. Already
| factory products are upon the market
in 20 states, also foreign countries,
such as Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and
other South America countries. Ne
gotiations are now being made with
the Greek government for an order of
100 gross of Louse-Chase.
i 1t is the purpose of the company TO
place the goods in the largest cattle
and sheep raising countries on the
globe In all these countries where
the goods are being shipped, advertis-
ing matter is being distributed among
the cattle and sheep -raisers and
through this Newport city is given
wide publicity. By introducing their
products into these foreign countries
Il there will be a continual demand for
the goods the year around, as the
| goods are In greatest demand during
the cold winter months.
Il The members of the company speak
very highly of the warm GREETINGS
extended them by Newport citizens
especially the CnamDer OF commerce
and its president, B. w. Wilcox, and
interest manifested by them was a
great factor in their deciding to
locate in Newport
/ The personnel of the company COM
ing here to live are, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
z. Gray, daughter, Beulah, two sons
Morris and Donald. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gray are occupying the A. c. Fair
brother house. The two sons are en-
ployed at the True and Blanchard
store. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill and child,
also a sister, Miss Josephine Stoddard,
are linving i'm one of the Fairbrother
tenements. Mr.. Hill is the export and
advertising manager. Mr.. H. N. Gut
ing, factory manager, Samuel Clarke,
consumer department and Selin Pea
body, shipper.
The business was started on a small
scale but its development has been
wonderful. The reason for this is not to
be wondered at as they are producing
goods guaranteed to produce results
or money refunded, and they have
been tried out by the largest breeders
and institutions in the United States
and proved successful. Following
are some of the institutions and breed
ers who are using and recomend there
goods: Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, Connecticut Agricultural Col
lege, Carnation Stock Farm Seattle,
Wash, Sprague Poultry Yards, No.
Franklin, Mass. I'll. P. Hood & Sons