Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-02

statement. The sale began at 10
O'Clock and was not over until $50.
with a short interim for lunch. And
all the whole time the incessant pat
ter of the auctioneer was going, except
for the short time in which he ate.
He worked hard enough to make each
one Of those cattle sell for thous-
and although his efforts were very
far from attaining any such success.
Over the blare of the band in the dis
tance. and above the roar of the en-
tire Midway. Mr.. Changers marvel
Gus voice was heard. He didn't even
get foarse.
The auction was a most interesting
sight from humanitarian point of
view. The cows for the most part
were docile enough when they were led
out to be sold. but their piacidity did
not hold for all the animals there The
young bulls especially and some of
the hcifers showed an inclination to
take jab with their horns at the men
who kept leading them round in a
circle while Mr.. Changers voice mum
bled apd sputtered from fhe stand
above their heads. When the little
calves We're brought in hawlng for
their mothers. who were outside the
ring waiting for their turn to be sold.
and believing doleful answers to
their children, there was din. But
above II all that magnificent voice
continued. There was one Young thing
in particular who. when $40 was bid
for him. lifted his head and emitted
a nj o{
the auctioneer leaned down to him and
said:
L don't blame you"
While there was a large number of
buyers at the auction, there weer
few who took away the larger mart
OF the cattle These were the men
who had come, in some cases. long
distances to attend the fair mainly to
oc ar TINS auction. Many of them had
cattle for sale at the auction and
were buying others. to do what thew
could to improve the strain of tbeir
nerds. Harvey j. Flint of Hone VAL
ieF' X l.; Elmer Gale of kents Hill.
the Bridges brothers of Wilton. the
bfookvale Farm of Windsor. Moss
Frank Brooks of Clinton and J. Wat
son Webb of Sheiburne, VT. were
among the leading buyers, bidding on
many of the cattle and buyine tho
larger part of them
Mr.. Gile bought from F. 4 Field of
Sidney the COW Trcvis. open. with no,
calf. for $780, the COW Dot Eairfax
rom the Halcyon Hills Farm of East
uncover \. H., for $50; and the COW
faftha Fairfax of s. Russell Jr of
MlddletoWn. CT. Mr.. Flint boupbt
Gay Sally from John Walker of New
market, \. H., for 800: the COW
l'iEthe from +. l.. Rowland of Little
ton n H.. for $10J. Alice, Eta and
isabelle from the Halcyon Hills Farm
Tor sll0, $3.50 and 5000. respectiyo!.
ana Marie Fairfax from tho Same
farm for SIS. The Bridges brothers
pought Lady Shirley from c. A. Pol
Iaro or New Fields. N H. for $3.50;
i1dssie belle and Irene's Dass;e
from j. Watson Webb of Shelburno
W. Tor $500 and $3.50. respectively.
ana Sadie Mack and her calf from
'ohn walker of Newmarket Y n for
$50. The Brookville farm peopte tool,
nome Ray Bickford's Bessie Meredith
OF Meredith. n. H, for So. and tho
"uh Yankee Fairfax, owned by Fl T.
fIiht of Hope Valley. r. l.. for which
they paid SIPS. Mr.. Brooks confined
ms buying TO the COWS exhibited by
frank L. Besse IF Clinton The COW
Money Mack from John Walker, for
si'o became the property of J. ".
NHbb of Shelburne Vt. as we'll as
FRANK L. Besse's Gertrude r. for Si55.
Starifghts calf, the property Of T. l.
Rowland Of Littleton. n. H.. for $40
MI Howland's Stella for 500, and
Barbara Dale, from G. l.. Barker of
East NasSalboro, for sl55.
At the close of the Hereford stool,
auction the auctioneer and the crowd
went TO the stalls where there was
on exhibition carload lot of baby
peeNes sent up TO be sold nv tho
brookvale Farm of Windsor, Mass.
L. M Crane owner. These are the
hrst lot of baby beeves ever raised in
new England and sent up for sale in
New England Mr.. Crane is greatly
interested in the possibilities of
breeding this sort of beef in New
England and thinks that il is big
factod in the future agricultural in
aue'ry IN this region. But even though
ne mad bred and raised the cattle
with the end in view of encouraging
other men To do the same bu the
prices the cattle would bring. There
was distinct slackncss in the bid
ding The six steers in the lot went
TO Swift Co at SCI a head, and tho
nlnc heIfcrS were sold to the Sturtc-
want 4 Haley Co. of Boston at the
same figure.
RMS auction was the final windup
OF the cattle exhibit at the fair The
judging of the last classes of the cal
tie has been completed with consider
able competition among several of the
exhibitors, The Tappan Stock Farm
OF Winthrop. Oliver y. Rose of Greene
and Arthur W Abbott of Augusta had
especially fine displays of Guernseys.
Mr.. Rose was the heavy winner in
this class. although Mr.. Abbott took
several prizes, especially with his
heifers. q. NJ. and T. c Luce of
Pennington and J. H. Underwood of
Keats Hill were among the principal
exhibitors of Jerseys and took mosS
of the prizes, although the Keep
Farm of North Jay gave them strong
competition in the various entries.
|, The Races
A gilt-edged racing program, with
all the thrills that lovers of horses
en- low was witnessed Thursday