Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-18
Stock Notes
G., M, Hatch

c. H. Harrington of Dryden re-
ports the sale of half interest in
his fancy steer team, which won a
nice lot of money at Franklin coun-
ty fair, to John Blanchard of Wilton.
1t is quite possible these steers
may be kept over until next year
for the shows where they should be
an exceedingly fine attraction. One
pair of two year olds now measure
seven feet and in quality the entire
team would easily lead the state.
Fred Wheeler of ChesterVille is
finding the trade in oxen for work
very good there seeming to be lot
of men who prefer oxen for work on
the farm and in the lumber woods. $
There was time when Maine had
all her heavy farm work done by oxen
and when these cattle were laid off
work they made beef but the horse
team has TO work all the time or
else it is eating its head Off"
There are certain sections where
oxen may be profitably employed
even at the present day and the
cost of equipment is but trifing
compared with that necessary for
buying and fitting out" a team of
horses.
b. C. Hardy x Son of Pennington
keep pure bred Holstein- F'riesian
cattle and like them winning a lot
of prizes at the annual Franklin
Co. Fair but have gradually re-
duced their pure bredstock and put
in Guernseys to supply the CUSTOM
ers on their milk route with prod
uct richer in butter fat content.
| They have a novelty in the way of
shelter for the stock and for con-
tanning the hay and other roughage
the same being a sort OF double
barn that is two barns of practically
side by side and connected, one for
| the cattle and the other for the for
7 age. and so arranged that 1t is easy
to convey the hay to the stock and
| being lower posted they are warmer
and offer much less resistance to
the wind. The only arrangement
of the sort probably in the state.
There is a new state champion
| Guernsey COW for New Hampshire
| the same being Cone 75S45 A r
| 1884 and her record recently COM
pleted in class AAA also entities her
, TO third place for the breed. Cone
is owned by Robert H. Stobie OF
Hooksett. n. H., but formerly OF
, WaterVille, Me. Started ON test al
eight years and 233 days and milk
ed twice daily in 305 days Cone pro-
duced 9914.1 pounds of milk and
500 pounds of butter fat, testing 5.71
per cent. Her sire is Nantaska S
Lad, 3750S. and her dam, LENA NJ
52223.
Mr.. Stobie was more or less IN
| terested in sheep when at Water
vile. having exhibited at Central
Maine Fair the winners in the Ok
FORD Down class for one or more
years. We have been hearing of his
herd of pure bred Guernseys' for
some time past and are glad 10
learn of the honors coming TO the
herd.
Russell Robbins of Industry is q
young farmer who some time ago
decided that the Guernsey breed
was the sort of dairy cattle for him
so when opportunity offered he be-
came the owner of a young heifer
That is registered and of course was
much delighted when she recently
presented him with nice heifer
calf.
While males OF the dairy breeds
are a necessity to the young man
just beginning in pure breds, the
more heifer calves the faster he is
getting on toward the possession of
a herd of the size he wishes. The
higher prices at which GUERNSEY fe-
males are held as compared with
most other dairy breeds is one of
and L think the principal one why
there nave not more invested or to a
greater extent. The Young man.
however, has plenty of time and can
wait and then with the descendants
a yn1xr
secured more of uniformity than if
the animals were of different de-
grees of kinship.
DIR. F. H. Farnum of Red House
Farm in Palmyra but on the Pitts
held rural route, has long been an
ardent devotee of the Hampshire
breed of sheep. and has been doing
exceptionally well with them selling
STOCK rams and occasionally breed
ing ewes to such as were desirous
OF starting a registered flock.
GRADUALLY as he has improved his
hook the fame thereof has become
more widespread and sales have
been over a greater range of terri
tory. This year he sent three lambs
to an Ohio man for exhibition mr.
poses and one went to Virginia re-
turning to the doctor century note.
twenty-five head of rams and ewes
sold have averaged a trifie over sac
each.
We recently mentioned fine
Hampshire ram lamb owned bv Mr..
w. B. Clark of North New Portland
and DR.. Farnum says he is the best
one ever raised in the state barring
one and that he has that one. and
is going to use him as a stock ram.
A ram lamb of this breedthas re-
Gently been purchased by Red House
Farm that is thought the making of
great flock sire. He came from
Mclaughlin Farms. Maxwelton, w.
Va.
=. DR.. Farnum has studied type in
tenslveiy and is in a position to
know what the good ones are and is
CARRYING on toward better ones all
the time.
There is probably no breed of
sheep which is attracting SC much
attention at the present time as the
hampshire and l think, too, that
more Improvement is being made in
the breed than in any other.
For several years at our leading
state fairs the sheep of w. g. Cum
mlngs of Berwick have been one of