Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-30
SQDGrb0f AlDl5a Rex.
A. J. C. G. $3.50.

Born Dec. rs, 1882, weight Dec. IS, SO.
677 lbs. solid orange fawn. shading TO
gray trimmings. black points, rich oily skin.
hair soft as fur, perfect IN feature. faultless
in form, strong and vigorous, rich 10 every
attribute and every promise of jersey beau
Is and excellence, has one Of the finest es-
cutcheons ever seen on a bull, one expert
tngitathlt hs dill not think it possible for
one to be So near perfection.
The following celebrated animals. all
prize winners are prominent in his pedigree.
POLONlUS 25l3, pure Alphea bull. sold
for $500, 5000 has since been refused
for him
REX, 1880 one Of the most valuable bulls
ever born, service fee $500. bic dam has re-
cord of II lbs. in one month on grass. he
has II daughters with records Of IA lbs. and
upwards.
LEDA, 799. record 90 lbs. long known as
the $500 COW.
JUPI TER, four crosses; ALPhEA four;
imported JERRY three, both sides; PANSY
two; MCCLELLAN five; imported SPLEN-
DID six both sides; al with records for
themselves or their pro eny Of Ia to "a lbs.
PANSY made GA lbs ia one year.
MELS, four crosses with records Of 81
and 90 lbs, dam and ancestors ofFnbert who
gave eight times her own weight Of Talk in
eight months.
EUROPA l76. two crosses, record 22 lbs:
her daughter Euro.us 2454 made 77S los.
OF. of butter in eleven months and six dayS
and % lbs. 7 OF. in seven days, her son 'o'd
for ) IL 800 when bu. d few weeks old. Us
ropa is az, dsm Of Bomba who made 2 lbs.
IL l-2 OF butter in days and whose owner
hes refused $40, 900 for her.
ALBERT, Al, three crosses, both sides, he
is the sire and ancestor Of the following cow
that have made record, viz:
Lady Mel I'd, 1895, 1873 lbs. of butter in
81 days COUGHS Lily, 1887, (the dam OF
Rex, $780, II los. in 81 days. Jersey
Cream, Sl5l. II lbs OF. of butter in 80
days. Tenella, 67l2. 20 lbs. | l-2 OF. in
days. Croton Maid, 1905, 81 lbs. IL Ia OF.
in days. Lady Gray of Hill Top, $3.50, Is
bs. ~ OF. il days. Silveretta, 1852, 10
b 5. "; in 7 days, Cordelia Baker, ssl4.
| IL lbs, OF in days. Valballa, $500, 10
lbs in days. Belle Grisnell 4073, l6 lbs
in days. Edwina, GLIB, Is lbs, 10 OF in
days. Lady Brown 4th, G9ll, IA lbs, IL
OF in days. May Blossom, 5657, IA lbs
OF in days. Bloomfield Lacy, 6sl2. IA lbs,
4 OF in days Rarity ID. 7724, IA lbs, z
OF in days. Dusky, 1925. los, 6 OF in
day Value %. 6s44, 2O9s lbs, in December,
January and FEBRUARY Of $780, and "a lbs,
4 OF in days. Sold about one year ago for
| 5000, has since increased her record :" 20
lbs, 2 Il-l2 oz and her present owner have
refused SlU, 900 for her, her son ORESTES,
1888, is standing at 500 service fee, with
81 per week for keeps Of COWS
IN the breeding Of superb OF Aiphea Rex ths
above strains are so sklliiully crossed, 30 Judi.
aious combined and 30 haImoniously blended
cs 10 insure the his hest attsnsbe results In color
form aud butter producing qualities. Man, bulls
| none VI tnem his superior aud some oy no mean.
his equal, III cost, beauty " breeding, are sta I'd
ing at from SlvO 10 500. but, looking 70 the fu-
ture, aud desiring to encourage the breeding o
| tlseys in our valley, 10 which i 10 pecunanl,
adapted, we have decided ~ permit HIM TO serve
a limited number Of approved cows atsL5 each
cash 1t time Of service, cows viii receive sans
care and attention as ouI own no chaI &c Tor keep
ing but they will be at owIeTs risk.
Nv our system Of breeding We think that ou
friends CO be reasonably sure Of obtaining heife
calves: q
FRANK KING,
Van Buren, Furnace
WIN. NEWMAN.
Woodstock.
Shen county Va Dec, 1888. Jan. s,-ti