Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
Stock Notes
BY G. NJ. Hatch

| BY G. NJ. Hatch
| The man who attempts to do the
| placing at any kind of show where
! there is real competition has a hard
| row to hoe is seldom satisfactory to
| all, and if he owned the truth might
! confess to sundry misgivings of his
! own. Were it possible to judge by
! measurements 1 doubt if results would
! be entirely satisfactory. 1t would be
| entirely too machine like and lacking
| the personal equation.
| In cattle the head, the horns, the cor
rect top line and all the other points
! given their proper value we then have
! to take the general appearance of the
animal and make our final decision
! largely from that. / believe it to be
| perfectly possible for one animal to
/ apparently be equal in points and for
| some adjustment of these parts. slight
though it might be, render the deci-
sion no hard one.
Nowadays no matter how the ex-
hibitor may feel he says nothing
which in view of some occasions is
rather wonderful but takes his medi-
cine and hopes for an evening up at
the next fair.
To my mind fair managers are alto
gether too much afraid of spending
money in the securing Of the Judges
| that can judge in satisfactory man.
ner. 1t was pleasing to me to hear of
Maine fair manager being seen at a
big fair outside the State in CONVERSE
ton with judge who is understood
| TO be an expert in his branch of ami
NAL husbandry and it is to be hoped
made a contract then and there for
, his services for 1927.
There should be no dairy experts
Judging beef cattle nor vice versa I'M
less 1t means merely the tieing of the
ribbons and an absence of competi-
ton for we have had too much of
that in Maine already. The year old
bull, Rustic's Rochelle Lad, grand
champion at Bangor and at Water
vile. has been leased by his owners,
c. E, & A. J. Luce of Pennington to
DR.. A. p. Mills of New Vineyard who
has a few young registered females
mostly purchased from the Luce
herd. This bull was also Junior cham
pion at the Maine fair as a calf and is
one of the best young Jersey bulls in
Maine or perhaps in New England.
tie VIII get a run to grass which
should do him world of good.
l.. NJ. Moshcr & Son, Pennington,
have sold to George Watson of Indus
try two registered Jersey females
MT. Watson has had a herd of good
grade Jerseys for some years, but this
is MS hrst investment in pure breds
l.. c. Smith of East Wilton has
headed his herd of pure bred JERSEYS
with year old bull that is out of
Madelines Joy Bells that was the
grand champion COW at the larger
maine fairs so many years for G. NJ
Luce of Pennington and is now doing
good work in his herd.
Ai1red SJostrom of Industry has
sold pure Guernsey bull calf to !
a Bailey of the same town. Mr..
Balley has number of good grade
Guernsey heifers, having changed
from Holsteins within recent wears
Mr.. Sjostron, who has several nure
pred Guernsey heifers, has a future
nerd sire, grandson of the $4,000
Langwater Eastern King
u NJ Luce of Pennington has late
~ bought of DR.. E w. Files of Cor
nam bull calf that should be strong
IN production lines as he is a son Of
Oxtord's Kathaboy, who has two
daughters, yearling and a two-vear-
old' that In July each produced about
oo lbs. of butter fat in the herd of
Dr' flIes. Oxford Kathaboy 20S.949
py CAlord FAIRY Boy and out of
kath's Golden Poetess by Fontaine's
Calest son of Mabers Poet and the
Victor. "a
From the herd of Dr. Files. c. r. &
A. ]. Luce, Pennington, have secnrad
a bull calf that is by Willohs Ginsv
Boy 2S3645. double grandson IF
fauVics Prince that is one of the
greatest of latter day show bulls and
whose daughters are among the great
est producers of butter fat.
Of these Fauvic's Star has 11S2e
los outter, Princess Xenia, l11913l
IDS; Fauvic Ruth, 1882 lbs; IS other
daughters have over 600 lbs, and nina
OF these more than ZOO lbs. of butter
II VIII probably interest some
Guernsey breeders in Somerset and
FRANKLIN counties to learn that the
get OF Langwater Eastern King were
prominent winners at the Eastern
states Exposition, taking third on
get of sire in hot competition and his
daughter Aiyupka K Diana under ono
year was first in her class and iunior
champion female.
Eight states were represented AZ
Springfield by 1874 animals and n re-
quired one and one-half DAYS to make
the placings
There are many Maine JERSEY breed
ers who will be glad to know that the
get or Oxfords Fairy Boy 92S21 are
stlll able to win in the fastest CON-
pany AT the recent National Dairv
Show at Detroit, Mich, the iunjor
yearling heifer shown in a class If
IA was Whiteheart's Oxford Raleigh
pred and exhibited by Longview farm
Lees Summit, Mo.
This will be of especial interest 70
n. M. fucker. chief of the Maine Blu
reau q Animal Industry, who bought
Oxtord Fairy Boy, exhibited hin, RI