The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
MILKING DERBY
 FEATURES FAIR
New Event to Be Held at Springfield Exposition
 September l9

Springfield, Mass.-Something en- tirely different in New England livestock annals will be developed at the Eastern States Exposition from Sept. 19 to 25 inclusie when the first annual Ayrshire Milking Derby will be conducted under the auspices of the New England Ayr shire Club of Brandon, Vermont.
 The Derby will open Sunday, Sept. 19, with the o'clock evening milking, and will close with the ev- ening milking of Wednesday, Sept p. It will be confined to registered Ayrshires, and winners will be chosen on production and type. The con- test has been designed to acquaint farmers and dairymen who are in- terested primarily in the milking qualities and butterfat tests of dairy COWS with these facts as they relate to Ayrshire cattle--facts they are dee pendent upon to carry on their bus- iness, and has been patterened along the lines of that ct the London (Eng) Dairy Show.
 The New England Ayrshire Club is ofsering$300 in cash prizes as fol- lows: First, $l00; second, $70; third, $50; fourth, $40; fifth, $25 and sixth SIS. In addition these trophies will be awarded: Alta Crest Challenge Cup offered by Arthur H. sagen- dorph of Spencer, to the contest winner; Wood Ford trophy by J. W. Alsop of Avon, Conn, to the heifer under four years, scoring the high est points for production; Mppitt Farm trophy, offered by R. L. Knight of Providence, R. l., to the animal scoring the highest credits for conformation; and the New England Club trophy to be known as the Presidents Cup. to the animal bred and owned by the exhibitor scoring the highest points for pro- duction and type.
 :, All animals will be judged and scored for conformation Wednesday afternoon, Sept. p, at 2 o'clock by William Greenshields of Senneville, P. e., official Ayrshire judge of the Exposition, and winners will be an- nounced and prizes awarded Thurs day afternoon, Sept. 8. Supervision of weighing of milk and testing for butterfat will be in accordance with the Ayrshire Breeders Assoc iation advanced registery rules. Entries must be filed not later than August 15, with w. A. Kyle, secre- tary of the New England Ayrshire Club, Brandon, Vermont.
 In general, the contest will last 72 hours, opening Sunday evening with dry milking. It is open to all Ayrshire registered in the herd book of the Ayrshire Breeders Association or the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association and must be recorded in the name of the exhibitor. Milk ing hours will be a. rn., 1 and p. m. daily, and at the same hour. All production is to be computed to @ mature age basis, five years of age being considered maturity.
 Particular effort is being made to obtain entries from farmer-breeder herds, not usually represented on the show circuit, but in which many of the outstanding producers of the breed may be found since the con- test offers breeders and owners of this type an exceptional opportun- ity to present their herd under ex- tremely advantageous conditions.
 The committee of the New Eng land Ayrshire Club in charge con- sists of MT. Sagepdorph, Mir. Alsop and MT. Knight, with Mfr. Kyle serving as secretary.