The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-12

institutions Show Different Breeds of
Cattle School Children In Attend
ance on Opening Day.
! WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Sept.
| 12.-The 10th annual exhibition of the
Vermont state fair began its four-day
schedule this morning The day has
been designated as school day." and
the schools within a radius of 30 miles,
in both Vermont and New Hampshire,
were closed to permit the pupils to at
tend. They are the guests of the Yer
mont state fair commission and were
admitted free when accompanied by
adults.
The judging of swine sheep, Devon
cattle and poultry started at 40 p. M,
and continued through the afternoon.
There are two events on the trotting
schedule for the day, with the largest
| number of entries ever recorded at this
| fair. Il pa trot for Il purse of $500 and
q 30 pace for u purse of $500
The auto exhibition building is com
pletely filed with the latest models of
! cars and so great has been the demand
for space that Superintendent of Con-
cessions Williams has let space in the
open around the building. The Miller
Automobile Co. has erected a large tent
near the auto building and is showing a
| large number-uf used cars.
The afternoon program includes six of
the latest stage creations. The Jones
| Salisbury corporation of Randolph pre-
| sent their most skilled aviatorS in aero
plane flights and exhibitions.
t On Wednesday, morning the Ayrshire
cattle will be judged. This is a change
from the original program, as these cattle
| were-lp for judging on Thursday.
! Governors day comes ON Thursday.
when Governor HartnesS and staff will
| be guests of the commission.
! In horse and cattle departments are
! filled with the purest breeds, the num-
! Der exceeding that of a year ago. The
display Of cattle is SO great that a large
/ tent has been erected near the Morgan
/ horse arena and some of the exhibition
shed formerly, used by the Morgan
/ Horse club are occupied by the oxen
and Angus and Hereford breeds
Morgan Horse Exhibit.
H In Morgan horses there are So entries,
led by +. A. Darling of Burke, with a
Il string OF Il. In this string Is included
! Jonathan D., a three-year-old gelding,
/ Jonathan, a yearling, and Jennie c., %
years old, with her colt. These horses
are shown for the first time at the Yer
mont State fair The string is headed
by the stallion, Sir Ethan and Bobbie
b., the last named being is years old.
The next largest exhibit of Morgans
is made by c. c. Stillmau of Cornwall
on-the Hudson. Among the Morgan eN-
hibitors are-fOur ladies who have en-
tered the field. They are Georgianna
Pope Geatman of Jeffrey, y. H., with
four entries; Mrs. b. H. Dickson, ,Ir
and Anna-Dickson of Weston, Mass
and Katherine Perkins of Milton. Mass
There are also exhibits by the Maxwell
Evarts estate of Windsor, F. V. Barrett
of Peterboro. \. H.. William :. Todd OF
Tl.I.T Ds.-. 1F s#r,y7
Mass. K. H. Vaughn of Ihetford, and
Clayton Willis of Rutland.
In the exhibit of ponies H. +. Taylo'
shows 10 Welsh ponies and three Shet
land ponies while Il. A. Darling-alst
shows an imported Welsh uonv. Mr.
Darling also shows a standard bred
Kentucky Saddle horse, recently pur-
chased. In standard bred and I'M
registered horses there are ii entries
Mrs II. T. Dunbar of Barton has two
horses and Helen G. Wright of White
River Junction one.
There are 81 draft horses. which in
cfude Perchefon and Suffolk Punch OF
this latter breed the Upway Farms of
Woodstock show 10.
BY State Institutions.
! Four Vermont State institutions are
| making the exhibits in the-eattle depart
ment. The Vermont State School OF
| Agriculture at Randolph shows a ,Jer-
y
farm at Windsor and the Vermont state
| hospital farm at Waterbury each show
| Holstein-Friesian herds. and the Yer
mont Industrial school at Nergennes has
an exhibit OF Ayrshires.
The Jersey exhibit totals 76 head
shown by the following exhibitors
George II. Savage, IT., Charles 4. Neil
Queechee Falls Farms, Seaver D.
Wright. Z. H. Loomis. the Billings
Farm of Woodstock, with II head
| which includes Pogis Victor. junior
| yearling. Billings Farm Duke, q senior
calf; the High Pastures farm, Wood
| stock, is head, with Lotus Oxford Lad
diey-a four year old bull. at the head OF
the herd. and William r. Bush of Ben
son. the Mountain View Stock Farm
with an exhibit Of y head, led by the
| seTen-year old bull, Oxford Noble OF
| Elmendorf
Ayrshires are shown in the greater
number, there being III head. The eX-
hibitOrs are Glenn ". Newton of Quee-
chez, the Green Mountain Stock farm
of Randolph. the Industrial school of
Nergennes. H. a. Benson & Son of Leb-
anon. y. H., r. H. Vaughn of Thetford
Matthew Hannah of Brownsville the
Maxwell Evarts Estate of Windsor
John Hannah Of Brownsville and George
TIL. Dunsmore of ST Aibans. In the lat
ter herd there are Is. with Jean Ar
mours Laddie. an eight-year old bull
at the head, whose dam, Jean Armour.
Ist. was the first AYRSHIRE to make a
record of 10000 pounds of milk in a
year. Her daughter Jean Armour, ID.
II three year old. now holds the record of
the world for this breed
The HOlstein Show.
Holsteins are shown to the number Of
50. and are exhibited by George b. Ha-
thorn of White River Junction, Lewis
ID. Dubois of Bethel J. III. Allen of st.
lohnsbuTy. the Vermont State Prison
farm of Windsor. showing II head. with
King Prince. two-year old bull weigh
ing 1850 pounds, and the Vermont
State hospital. with an exhibit of IA
head among which is six months
calf whose dam. sired by the herds