Putnam patriot., 1929-05-16

m. with the amateur classes, and con tinued until noon. Luncheon was served by Mir Cushman Go all pres ent, featuring hot house lambs raised at Eastland Farms.
 Mir, Cushman welcomed the visitors to Eastland Farms and stressed the l point that Connecticut should try to l produce the best quality lambs De- Witt King, editor of the Rural New Yorker. gave an excellent talk on why sheep should be more numerous here. William Connell, head of the live stock extension service of Pennsylva- mia State College. acted az one of the official judges of the shearing, and gave many reasons why there should be more sheep in Connecticut. one of the principal reasons being our prox- smity to the best lamb and wool mar kets in the world
 Several of the most prominent men in agriculture in the state were pres ent, Commissioner of Agriculture $. Mclean Buckingham and Commission CT on Domestic Animals J. NJ. Whittle- scy telling of their early experiences with sheep
 Interesting Demonstration
 Max Cullen came all the way from Chicago to demonstrate how to cut the lamb carcass. Mir. Cullen demon strated how to make crown roasts. mock ducks, and other very palatablc cuts from lamb He also gave a very fine talk with his demonstration He was here as representative of the Ma tionai Livestock and Meat Board and his demonstration proved feature of the day.
 J. C. Cort. secretary of the New England Sheep Breeders Association told of the efforts of Che New England Association Co promote interest in sheep. and James Watson. livestock editor of the New England Home stead. in his customary pleasant way told about the second annual sheep field dog trials Co be held at Renninu ton, Vt, on August 10th. MT. Wat son also worked with Mir. Connel ns judge of the contest
 C. D. Richardson, West Brookheld Mass. spoke on the possibilities Of sheep In New England
 Mir. Cushman presented the silver cup known as the Cushmau Challenge Trophy t0 Norman Amidon of Abing- ton. This emp is Co be won annually by the 4-H Sheep Club boy or girl for excellence in sheep club work. and if won twice it becomes the permanent property of this member.
 Many of Mir Cushman's famous horses were put over the jumps The riders were in full hunt costume and presented picture long to De renem- herod Mir. Cushman rode "The Fllrf " an International Horse Show winner
 A Wonderful Dog
 Sam Stoddard. with Spot former champion of Great Britain sheep dog Demonstrated how useful a dog may be with sheep. lle took flock of thirty sheep and alone put them in a small pen in the center of the field. the sheep meanwhile seeming to have but one ambition. that of going Co their own quarters in the sheep barn. Spot spoiled this ambition for them and made them go where he wanted them
 A trio of Scotch kiltics furnished excellent music with the bagpipes, and full sized hand played at intervals throughout the day
 Docking. dipping, etc, demonstra- tions were given at the sheep barn af- ter the contest
 Sheep Shearers
 The shearing contest itself brought out many of the hest shearers in the state. Walter Yale from Meriden. de- monstrated his ability in fine shape. doing as nice a job of shearing as one could wish to see. and received as his reward the title of state champion. Joe Pritchard from Storrs was a close second in this professional class. fol-T lowed in order by Wesley Garrigus Ralph Dudley and William Ward The judges pronounced this class as fur nishing one of the best exhibitions of