The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN
CATTLE.
Editor DELAwARE LEDana =


Over the signature Of s. E. Nivin,
two articles have recently been pub
lished in your paper. Mr.. Nivin
writes as if he was excited Cor per-
haps angry because we asserted
that Holstein-Friesian cattle were
good for butter, milk and besf and
that they were the most valuable
for the farmer.
We believe they are the best and
that Holstein- Friesian win produce
more milk, more butter and more
beef than any other breed in the
world is partly shown by the follow
ing facts -
Butter-making, made from Fries
land (Holland) COWS, has been for
many years the almost exclusive
business of Friesland, and a great
portion of the same exported to Eng
land where it has often sold for
more per pound than Jersey butter.
Would Englishmen do this if Hol-
stein butter was "no better" than
lard. We think not.
1t is but fair to say that milk from
thoroughbred Jersey COWS viii
make very fine quality of butter,
and we are willing always to give
that grand special purpose breed
that credit-it is due them-they
have earned wonderful record and
may it continue, and, if possible inn
prove in quantity and quality.
Now if the butter made from Hol-
stein milk brings about the same
prices in the great English markets,
we think it is about time to stop
calling it lard"
We will now refer to few of the
places where Holstein- Friesian
butter has been compared with
Jersey butter in the United States.
Butter of other breeds of cattle also
competing. At the Chicago Fat
Stock and Dairy Show, November
1885. First prize on best tub of
butter from New York state, special
DeLaval Separator Cos $1,000 prize
for the best 80 lbs of butter, COM
peting with 38 others.
AT the Minnesota State Fair test
in 1887. All the prizes (S) were
given to Holstein- -Friesian butter,
notwithstanding there were a great
er number of Jerseys competing.
At the Iowa State Fair butter test
in 1885 Observation-Disclosures again
came out victor over the Jerseys.
The Breeders Gazette of Chicago Of
feied the challenge silver cut to the
COW making the largest thirty day
butter record open for one year to
July 1st 1883, to all breeds and to the
,OorId-it was won by the HoIstein-
Friesian COW Mercedes owned by I.
B. Wales, Iowa city, Ia, beating the
celebrated Jersey COW Mary Ann of
st. Lambert, perhaps the best Jer-
sey COW in the world. At the N. Y.
Dairy Show, May, 1887, Holstein-
Friesian butter was awarded first
premium, competing with butter
made from other breeds at the same
show.
Clothilde 4th daughter of the
winner stood second, the Judge
commencing the fine quality of her
butter.
At the Ohio State Fair in 1887.
the premium for the COW producing
the greatest amount of butter, in a
given time was divided between two
Holstein-Friesian COWS each making
the same amount of butter, and the
most that was made. At this same
Fair Holstein-Friesian COW was
awarded the premium for producing
the best quality of butter.
At the Minnesota State Fair in
1887, Holstein-Feiesian COW won
first premium for producing the
greatest amount Of butter.
At the last stock and dairy show
at Chicago, ILL.,, Novembsr 1887.
butter made from Holsteins Friesian
milk won first premium n the con
test for best buttcr from one cow Of
any breed, and the same scored one
and half points higher than the
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