Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-09-30
VALLEY FAIR NEWS
CLASSY BOVINES
IN LARGE NUMBER
Cattle Show Pleases Most Fas-
tidious Spectators
Utility Breeds Well Representations
ster Holstein Bull from State Hospital
at Waterbury Weighs i'm at $500.

at Waterbury Weighs I'm mt $500.
All the available space for the cattl
department at the fair was occupied, an
most of the utility breeds were repre-
scented. Some were in tents as some o
the old stalls were blown down the pas
summer. This department was a com
pete show in itself, and measured eithc
by general appearance or breeding it wa
satisfying to admirers of the best in boil
dairy and beef strains while in size tn
| individual animals varied from big liol
stein-Friesian bull weighing a ton and {
quarter to calves which have seen thu
| light but few days.
After an absence of several years from
the Valley fair II. w. Severance of Ley
den, Mass, was back again with here
of IS Ayrshires. Formerly Mr.. Sever
ance and his father specialized in Jcr
| seyS, but a few years ago a change wa
made to Ayrshires, and this was thu
first visit to the Valley fair with thai
breed. In the string were the three-year
old bull Weymouth Robin Hood 4th, which
won first premium at Greenfield, Victor
Rose Trailmaker, senior bull calf, ant
13 females.
f. f. Gammell of West Brattlebort
showed string of 10 Ayrshires headed by
the 11-year-old bull Douglas of Soutl
Farm and including a three-year-old bul
Trophy's Champion of Penhurst and sever
mich cows. Three of the cows were en-
tered in the butter test.
John II. Gillette's string of - head OF
Ayrshires from Nottingham was of {
high type of conformation, with the bul
Ringmaster Braeburn Educator, three
wears old, as the herd sire. Five cows
Gun 1,ne nj hn; a1 IA.
balance of the Gillette exhibit.
Twenty Brown Swiss made up a string
sent from the Green Mountain Farm in
Saxtons River, owned by Attorney f. w
Morrison. a Boston lawyer, and in charge
of Ernest Patnode, who carries. on the
farm. Burgdorf, aged 4, and two young
bulls, six mich cows and number OF
heifers made up this herd, exhibited thi,
year for the first time, at Rutland anC
BrattleborO.
In Jerseys the largest exhibit was made
by A. A. Dunklee x Sons of South Yer
non. proprietors of Walnut Grove Dairy
Farm. They showed % head, including
the two-year old Fancy Oxford Owl anC
a younger full brother, also ~ milch cows
and several twO-year-olds, yearlings ant
calves. Dunklee & Sons have 40 Jerseys
on their farm, making the largest Jersey
herd in Southeastern Vermont and they
milk regularly from 70 to 80 head.
Gilbert Lynde of West Gulford showed
10 head of Jerseys, including bull two
years old, five mich cows and some young
stock. This was the only fair he visited
this year. Four head of Jerseys, embrac
ing .yearling bull, yearling heifer, two
year-Old heifer and four-year-old cow
made up the exhibit by Austin Nichols OF
West Brattleboro.
Judge Frank d. e. Stowe of West
Brattleboro showed the largest string OF
Guernseys, including II head The bull
Sensation, three years old, four younger
bulls and number of cows, heifers and
calves made up the herd.
Thirteen head of Guernseys were in the
herd shown by A. c. & Il. S. Wright OF
West Brattleboro and included the three
year-old Green Meadow Challenger
grandson of Golden Secret also a junior
sire which as senior yearlng won the
grand championship last year. Five aged
cows and some heifers and young stock
were in this herd.
Milking Shorthorns had but one exhib
itor, Ray Rand of Saxtons River, whose
string included nine head a bull, heifers
and calves.
AS usual in this locality, the Holstein
friesian breed had larger representation
than any other breed, and the largest ex.
hlbit was from the estate of the late Ar
thur B. Clapp of Brattleboro, herd OF
- head. These will be sold by auction
IN few days. At the head was the bull
King DummerstOn Anchor, five years old
Two younger bulls, seven mich cows
heifers and calves completed the string.
Kings Sadie Vale Hengerveld, three
years old and weighing 1000 pounds
stood at the head of the Holstein herd OF
IA animals shown by Edgar r. Lowell OF
Brattleboro, brought from his farm at
Brockway Mills in Rockingham. A
younger bull, two mich cows and heifers
and calves were shown.
Nine young l1olsteins were in Arthur
H. Miller's string from Vernon. Among
them was the junior ycaring bull King
Alcartra Midwould.
Two llOlstein herds entered for exhibi
ton only were from the Brattleboro Re
treat and the state insane hospital al
Waterbury. The Retreat bull, Master
piece Butter Boy, eight years old weighed
$3.50 pounds. With the exception of two
younger bulls the rest of the herd con
sisted of aged cows.
In the Waterbury hospital herd were
II head, coming here direct from the East
ern States Exposition, stopping en- route
to the State fair in White River Junction
The heaviest bovine on the grounds was
the bull at the head of this herd, King
korndyke Ida Veeman, tipping the scales
at $500 pounds The others were three
bull calves, three mich cows, two two.
year-olds and some calves.
Much interest was shown in herd OF
Aberdeen Angus (polled), owned by f
w. Burnham of Greenfield, Mass, and or
its way from Springfield, Mass, to tn,
state fair. There We're II head. typica
specimens of this purely beef breed in
Guiding COW. Vine Pride W., which i,
Is years old and has produced calves reg
ularly. The bull, Chester of Black Stool
Farm, is two years old, a grandson of til,
international grand champion, Broadus O
Norwood Sd.
More than the usual number of oxcr
and steers were shown this year. includ
ing John ID. Avery's big yoke of Hosteini
from Saelburne, Mass, which weighed il
at $500 pounds.