Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-10-28
VERMONTER BUYS
TOP NOTCH COW
Pays Highest Price for Female,
$500, at Sale
Highest Price for Bull. $1,O0O-Ver.
mont Cow Brings $500

the opening Tuesday of the first auction
sale of cattle at the pavilion of the Pure
bred Live Stock Sales Co. since the COM
pany was rcorganiZcd. n two-day sale of
registered IIolstein- Friesans beginning
about 10 o'clock that forenoon
The auctioncerS were Barney Kelley Of
Syracuse, y. Y, ID. \. Perry of Barre
and George W. Baxter of Ehnira. n. Y.
Around go head were quartcred in
the pavilion and in two tents. and when
the first animal was led into the ring the
arena was well filled and the sale had
an suspicious start. Thrty-one animals
went under the hammer during the fore
noon. and while prices this year through
out the country are supposed to be a
little under what they have been the past
few Years Manager W. l.. Duntley was
viSibly pleased with the forenoon show
ing. 81 head bringing total of 81, 44J, or
an average of $40, which is excellent for
the first forenoon,
The last two animals sold before noon
Tuesday brought the two highest prices
of the forenoon. a COW seven years old.
Winnie Fay Startling Mechthilde. con
signed by f. G. Lamoray of Beaver
Meadow farm. West Glover. being sold
for an even $500 to William J. Noonan
Of Nergennes. and bull from the Lam
Gray herd. King Sadie Vale Fayne Val
dessa, appealing to Charles j. Empcy of
$375. ' ' ''' ~ '"'
y three-year-old COW from Mr.. Lam
oray's herd went to G. S. Foster of River
dale farm, Taunton, Mass, for $3.50. w.
| l.. Dcmmng of Stratham, y. H.. paid
$3.50 for a four-year-old COW consigned by
! +. W. Weeden of Bellows Falls. G. S.
Foster of Taunton paid $3.50 for a COW
eight years old consigned by c. W. Bean
of West Glover. and George III. Hill Of
Marlboro. \. H.. bought a junior two
ycar-od hefer consigned by Allen ii.
Britton of IIartland for $3.50.
The Tuesday afternoon sale started
well, but toward the end some cheaper
animals were disposed Of The highest
price of the afternoon. in fact of the day.
was 5000. paid by Joseph Robe of River
Point. X. l., for Il COW not quite five
years old, Triphosia De Kol Lyons, the
property of George ID. Austin of Wind
sor, Vt. This was the highest price paid
for female from the time the sale
opened up to Wednesday noon.
Five other females consigned by Yer
monters We're sold Tuesday afternoon at
prices exceeding $3.50 each. c. w
Monkey of Barton Vt, paid $3.50 for an
eight ycar-Old from the herd of c. w.
Bean of West Glover. \ three yearold
frolG Allen II. BrittoR herd in Hartland
went TO a. :. Spurgin of East Green
witch. II, l.. and another Britton COW OF
three years went to c. S. Foster OF
Taunton. Mass. for 500. a pair of
heifer calves five and eight months old
consigned by Matt l.. Divoll of Bellows
Falls. brought $500 each from the Gardi-
ncr Hall Jr. Co of South Wellington,
Conn.
At the Tuesday evening sale u head
were disposed of, the highest price being
$40 paid by G. :. Foster of Putnam,
Conn. for COW. aged six years. from the
herd of George III. Hill of Marlboro, y.
II.
Eight head were sold Wednesday fore
noon for $500 or more each. one bringing
81 900. another S445. another S415 one
$3.50. one $500 and three $500 each.
The highest price to Wednesday noon
was $1,000 paid that forenoon by +. NJ,
Alacham Of Barre (Nt.) for bull, Judge
Ormsby, consigned by Julius Schmid of
Beaver Dam stock farm. Montgomery, y.
y. lie is by Ormsby Korndyke Lad, dam
Woodcrcst DeKol Mary, and was born
Feb. % 1919. He is a bull of excep-
tional breeding.
G. $. Foster of Taunton, Mass. paid
$40 for a COW 10 years old consigned
by f. A. Baker of Rockingham. y. II.
Mr.. Fosters forenoon purchases also in
cludcd "A fivc-ycar-old COW consigned by
the Gardiner Hall .Ir. Co. of South Will
lington. Conn.,. for which he paid S315,
Il cowssiX years old from the same con-
SlSuihcli' lof MHfcl ne pau Noou' anu
bull calf under four months old, con-
signed by +. G. Rogers of Putnam, Conn,
for which he paid $500.
u. j. Dewey of Westfield Mass, paid
Sil5 for bull three years old, King
Pictje Alcartra Segis. son of King Segis
Pontiac Acartra, from the consignment
of l.. ii. Anderson of West Glover, VT. \
six-months-old bull calf consigned by w.
&. Davidson of Abingdon, Pa, went to
Il. Lang of South Lee. y. H.. for $500,
while f. {. Rogers of Putnam, Conn,
paid $500 for Il COW four years old CON
signed by Il. \. Baker of Rockingham. y.
IL.
! The last afternoon session was a hum
mcr for turning off business, more than
30 head being sold up to $50 o'clock,
when the sale ended.
Early in the afternoon w, X. Farms
worth of Rutland paid $500 for n COW
four years old consigned by Sandy Brook
farm of Hallowell. Me. This was the
highest price paid for female during the
sale, Up to that time Il Vermont COW,
sold the day before, held the high mark
for female, 5000. The COW bought by
Mr. FarnSworth is Fineview Rag Apple
Maud. She made 2124 pounds of butter
and gave 451.S0 pounds of milk in seven
days the last week in July of this year.
At the Wednesday afternoon sale seven
head sold at prices exceeding $3.50 each
Besides the highest priced COW they were
as follows Russell Ellis of Keene y. III.
paid $3.50 for yearling heifer con
signed by j. u. Lyman of Ashby, Mass
IC. =. Earrand of Washington. Conn.
paid $3.50 for COW six years old con
signed by X. NJ Galloway of Alstead y
II, w. &. Boyce of North Andover
Mass, paid $3.50 for COW six years old
from the herd of Harry &. Gray OF
Greenwich. " Y. George s. Foster Of
Taunton, Mass, bid off six-year-olt
COW from the consignment of John +
Longlcy Sons. Inc, of Detroit for 500
also tvc-year-old COW consigned by
Harry G. Gray of Greenwich. ~ " fol
$3.50. \ hcifcr two years old from til,
Sandy Brook farm herd of lIall0well Ne.
went to Paul \. Frank of Chicopec Falls
Mass, for $500.
For ~ head c. S. Foster of Taunton
Mass. paid S4,460. and for IL head vii
liam !. Noonan of NergenneS. VT. pai,
2,145, They were the two heaviest buy
crs,
Features entirely new to sales her,
, were the competitive exhibition of stool
Continued on Page g.