Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-26
Maine BEEF CATTLE
COMMITTEE MEETSAT
JEFFERSON FARMS

Last winter at meeting of rep
resentatives of various farms, organ
nations and industries interested in
the States agricultural welfare and
particularly it's beef producing bust
ness a committee was appointed to
study and foster this and allied in
dustries in Maine. This committee
has been meeting monthly at Port
land, but on the invitation of DIR.
X. j. Seulke, president and general
manager of Jefferson Farms, the
meeting this month was held at JET
ferson. Members of the committee
brought some of their friends and
as "a result the meeting took on the
aspect Of a field day. there being
large gathering Of people from all
parts of the State present.
The guests assembled about 10
o'clock and the morning was passed
in an inspection of the Jefferson
Farms cattle. Herdsman Forest
Bryant, a Maine boy who has charge
Of the show herd at Jefferson Farms
this year, had his cattle in the pink
of condition for the occasion. The
junior herd sire, Warrior of Max
walton, was the first animal shown.
This is an imported bull by the great
Evens of Ballindalloch, which Is
considered the greatest sire in all
Scotland. He promises to be a Won
derful bull and as two year old
should be hard to beat this fail. This
bull weighs little over ton and
is as smooth as an apple and re-
sembles very closely his famous
brother, the Grand Champion Even
est of Bleaton.
The six bulls. comprising the male
end Of the show herd were led out
and as Professor Corbett of the Uni
versity of Maine was one of the
guests he was asked to give judg-
ing demonstration and choose the
senior and junior champions of the
herd. Warrior was made senior and
Grand Champion, and the senior
bull calf, Buxom Brevaunt, Junior
Champion. BuXom is a wonderful
ly neat. tidy nugget of beef OF the
short legged. compact kind and fills
the eye of every point. He has ev-
cry reason to be. as he comes of six
generations of Grand Champions be-
ing sired by the international jul
nior champion, Brevaunt. He is be-
ing developed by DIR. Sculke for a
future herd sire to be mated to the
daughters of Black Belden, their Sc
Nor herd sire.
The female show was equally i'm
pressive. The deep, blocky heifers
with their smooth coats and fine
heads making a strong impression
on the guests" Enquiry OF Glyn
Mawr s. the three year old, proved
the prime attraction. This is
sweet, matronly heifer that has Il
wonderful front and depth. A heif-
er that while weighing 1900 pounds
still impresses one with her fine
ness of bone and compactness of
body. The senior heifer calf. Hero
inc of jefferson. a dumping of a
baby calf, caught the eye of many.
She is a senior calf sired by Black
Belden and ran with her dam in an
open shed all during the winter I'M
til taken to the show barn to be
cited this spring.
After looking over the show herd
the guests drove to the hill pastures
to see the breeding herds on grass.
Here were the cows and bulls re-
sponsible for the show cattle just
MS smooth and sleek on their stony
hllsidcs as could be desired. Black
Belden. the sire that has made JEFF
, ferson Farms nationally famous.
| was found with his herd of cows.
! This great bull never seems to lose
| his show yard conformation nor
style and as Mr.. Bryant walked up
and taking the great bulls nose ring
in his fingers, posed him, he looked
as much the show bull as when he