Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-31

in Central New York, followed TINS o So1
nounds! for 325 days. in 1871. OF l4,sls
bounds; and for 1856 days in 1871. 10, shos
bounds. Next came the records OF the
noted COWS, Aegis and Aaggle. owned
bv Messrs. Smiths, Powell, and Lamb, 90, OF
Syracuse. ". In 1850, in 800
DAYS. the former gave 1929 pounds
and the latter 1904 1916 pounds.
With the exception of Aegis. these We're
ali imported COWS, and it began to be
questioned whether such cows could be
produced in this country, The answer
came in a test of the COW Echo. bred by
Mr.. Miller, and owned by MIR. r. Y.
Stevens, of Attica, N Y. 1t was
for two successive years, beginning
March 19. 1882. and closing May 20
1884. During the first year she gave
| 1S,12Oi pounds, and during the second
year, after brief rest OF about ten
weeks, she produced 23,U35 pounds:
These records aroused the attention OF
dairy writer's, especially in England.
They We're pronounced lmpossiple.
Plausible arguments We're made to SHOW
the inconsistency of such records With
the amount of material for making milk
that COW could digest. Public conf
dence in them WIS shaken for a brief
period. At this stage of public
sentiment test was begun
of the COW Clothide, owned by Smiths.
Powell, and Lamb. They invited the
closest scrutiny. They offered to pay
the expenses of some of the most
prominent scientists to come and thor
oughly investigate this test. Annmbel
of gentlemen awaited themselves of this
offer. 1t was also placed in the official
charge of the Superintendent of the
Holstein- Friesian Advanced Register,
who from time to time sent official in
spectors to watch the milkings, to test
the scales upon which they were
weighed, to examine into the accuracy
of the account that was being kept, and
into every other detail in which there
might be possibility of error. None
was discovered. and the accuracy of the
record was put beyond all reasonable
doubt. The result was the production
of 26,02l5 pounds in 365 consecutive
days-a record of more than 900 pounds
above any that had been previously
made. 1t seemed at that time that the
extreme capacity of milk production by
a single COW had been reached. But
COW Pieterjie I'd. owned by Mr.. Dallas
B. Whipple, of Cuba, N. Y. has reached
years record of 3O,31S4 pounds. The
production of this has also been closely
watched by disinterested parties, and
the proof is so convincing that it will
be received by the public with much less
doubt than We're the early records of half
this amount. Since 1880 many other
COWS have exceeded Aaggies noted
record. Among these are Ethelka, at
1871 ZIG pounds, and Jamaica, at 49,
547 pounds, owned by John Mitchell.
Wallis Gate, N. Y; Violet, at 1874
pounds, by Edgar Huidekoper, Mead
vile, Pa; Lady De Vries, at 1s,S45t
pounds, by l.. H. Payne, Garrettsville,
Ohio; Empress, at 1914 pounds, by
Hon. G. S. Miller, Peterborough, N. Y;
Glenburnie, at 2O,l38a pounds, by B. E.
Lord & Son, Sinclairville, N. Y; Rhoda,
at 81 1909 pounds, by f. G. Stevens, At
tica, N. Y; Princess Of Wayne, at 2O,-
469 GIG pound, and Aaggie ID, at 90
1913 3-16 pounds, both by T. G.. Yeomans
& Sons, Walworth, N. Y; Boukje, at 3D.
6794 pounds, by Stone Il Carpenter,
Waverly, Pa; Koningen, van Friesland
5th. at 19,7OOs pounds, by A. Bradley and
ii. D. Warner, GAINESVILLE. Conn; kon-
ingen van Friesland Sd, at 23.6l75
pounds, by H. o. Warren. New Milford,
Conn; Sultana, at 22,043t pounds, by,
H. G. Jewett e. Co., Buffalo. N. y; and
Albino I'd, at 18, 484 ~ 16 pounds (in two
year form, Netherland Belle. at 80,
5l6t pounds, Aaggie Rosa, at 2O,227 3-16
pounds. Lady Fac, at 20,6O2 3-16pounds,
and Clothilde I'd, 40 23.602s pounds, by
Smiths, Powell. and Lambs. Horie,
IN Harper's Magosine.