Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-16
Stock Notes
BY G. NJ. Hatch
Among the "PaIe Faces"

This is no Indian story but simply
alittle yarn Of Hereford cattle
white faces" as they are affection
ately called by their admirers who
are many. especially in Franklin and
Somerset counties.
L have no historical data TO prove
but / think that Moses French of
Scion was the pioneer breeder Of
that section and that he secured his
cattle from the Underwood herd OF
Fayette and he had a large fine herd,
not few Of which went TO the West
to help build up range stocks.
Then Wilfred Eaton also of Scion.
picked up the threads and soon had
a herd of the Herefords that was
the admiration of all and that won
many prizes in the war1nest sort OF
Maine competition and | think even
farther away tn n that. "Will Eaton
was a breeder" was the encomiuln
that heard veteran Hereford pass
upon the merit OF his work and I
fancy that was praise enough
Then others began to see the merit
of the breed and it began to be wide
spread as to the pure breds We're
concerned and even now there are
quite few who still adhere to them.
Wherever there are pure bred
Hereford cattle there will be found
Hereford steers and oxen Cor they
will not take any other and the plea
Of Something just as good cuts no
ice with your real Hereford steer
fancier. can Wen remember how
Albion Clark used 10 come down
from Bingham TO Bangor and Lew
iston and elsewhere and trim them
all UP with his fancy steer calves
and the others began to raise them.
For years and years Mosher &
Luce of Pennington. used to make
annual autumn pilgrimages to Bing-
ham, Scion, Arson. Embden. Starks
and Athens and it is the latter town
where the white faces fourished
greatly even at the present time
when every section appears to be
done up in dairying
The steer sentiment may be dying
out but it is the most lingering sort
of decease and when any one wants
some really good steers TO winter
they hunt up James or Amos Chap
man, Fox Bros. Lee Foss or some
of the other numerous fanciers over
there. Buyers come from Dexter. Ed
takes away two or three pairs an
nually and his neighbors some times
come with him and buy as many more
They are rather shrewd statesmen
and a really fancy pair seldom get
away without the payment of pref
ty good price but then they get the
goods. II Is pleasure to attend the
Athens Fair, they call II the Wes-
serunsett Valley Fair / believe now.
but the name Athens" Fair was
given it and the title is sure TO stick
rather than the more pretentious
was headed for It this year but
Jim" Chapman said he was on the
Jury at Skowhegan. that one of the
Fox Bros. had pneumonia and that
there wouldn't be as many steers as
usual so I allowed my attention to
be diverted and believe it was a mis-
take for from what I hear II was
Il real show, and I notice that the
old time exhibitors were mostly !
there.
Amos Chapman, Lee Foss and Fox
Bros. carried away most Of the prizes |
on the steers and Lester Stevens had !
his good Hereford herd and so did |
Eben Dean G Son OF Madison, and !
they as always took along bunch |
Of fancy steers and we will not again |
get side tracked and miss out on |
Athens
receive lot of matter in regard |
10 butter fat production of cows of
the various dairy breeds and there |
ire SO many Of them that are beaten !
by the COWS of my own community +.
that there are few that appear really |
worthy of mention. II is true never !
the1ess that in view Of the low |
average product of the COWS in the |