The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-01-29

DR.. w. S. Webb. Finette tried to buy
many times but her owner-the Doctor
had sold her-would never listen to
temptation Once just after Mary Anne
of St. Lamberts phenomenal test was
made known, man from Massachu-
sets came to me inquiring ii knew
where the COW Finette was. | deter
mined Massachusetts should not have
her, so grasped telegraph blank and
hastily penned dispatch, offering sum
for Finette which l felt confident her
owner would not refuse, replying to the
man in the meanwhile that did know
where she was and that was in all prob
ability her owner OF soon would be. My
telegram however scared the owner in
stead of bringing trade and ! failed to
secure her. Later I visited him and
made still higher offer which was re-
fused. Two months later she died from
milk fever on his hands.
Her granddaughter Obella, $3.50, unit
ing the Rajah with the st. Lambert blood,
won many prizes, and is still living, hav-
ing test of 16 lbs. butter to her credit,
and three tested daughters, one being a
member of the celebrated herd of Aver
d Mckinney, New York State.
Through ssLord Aylmer'' the bull that
came with DIR. Boutelles purchase at St.
Lambert, the fame of ''Millbrook Farm
Jerseys was greatly augmented. He
sired Melia Ann, 5,444 a cowfI sold to J..
II. Walker of Worcester, testing for him
is lbs. ! OF. butter in days and produc-
ing tested daughters. One of them
Daisy Morrison, tested 25 lbs. 12B OF. in
Z days.
Walker, in his catalogue claims her to
be the best COW he ever owned outside OF
the Victor family I purchased her of
Capt. G. B. Lakin of Augusta, in a lot OF
Jerseys when he sold out his herd, pre-
paratory to moving to Virginia.
I remember when we came to her in
the pasture, Capt. Lalzin said, "There's
a cow that will make IA lbs. butter a
week." I was struck with her size and
immense udder and color of skin, and
took her without questioning his price of
$3.50. [ sold her the next summer to
Walkers agent for 1926, little dreaming
I was selling a pure St. Lambert COW,
and one of the best of
That Famous Family
as events proved. This was all before
Mary Anne of st. Lambert's test became
known. A month later her test was
made public and I saw at once my mis-
take in selling Melia Ann. | fastened to
partially compensate for my error by
buying for $500, a full sister SILVER Hair
1861
This COW was much handsomer in col
OF than ''Melia Ann being beautiful
silver gray, a large noble looking cow.
With the great advance in prices of the
st. Lamberts 1 was enabled the following
spring to sell her for 500.
FloTimel, 3,725 another daughter of
this great bull, was large squirrel gray
COW, her dam being Finette. She proved
great breeder, all her stock being first
class. Pride of ST. Croix, 3,31S, a not
ed COW in the Provinces, was another
daughter,
I.wen remember what a fine looking
herd Dr. Boutelle had at the
New England Fair at Portland,
large number of young COWS in a
line-all solid grays-one being this same
Pride of st. Croix. A long line of
great butter cows came to us through
Hazel Eye, 1874" a son of Lord Aylmer..
Our President has two of them in his
herd; Silkey Morrill, and Lilly of Leeds.
both testing over IA lbs. butter per week.
The animals bred by DR.. Boutelle were
sold in various places throughout the
state so that many Of our Jerseys today
contain more or less of the st. Lambert
blood from this source.
Maine secured quite draft from the
St. Lambert herd through the Doctor S
efforts, but we can see today what a
grand chance this state had owing to its
proximity to Montreal-St. Lambert be-
inc across the river from Montreal-of
buying largely of that herd when Steph-
ems was selling so literally at low prices,
Mary Anne and four other COWS selling
for only 5000. We simply missed. a great
opportunity.
Euclid $40, son of imported Law
renee, was used by DR.. Boutelle and won
many prizes for him. He was long
used in the herd of TT. Hand the second
secretary Of the A. J. G. G.
J. and n Dane, Jr. of Kennebunk, next
receive our attention. [ have not the
dates to verify my statements, but l
think they must have been the first par
ties in Maine to start herd of Jerseys on
scale worthy to be called herd.
N. Dane Jr.
has long been noted as one of the best if
not the best judge of a Jersey COW in
Maine. His purchase certainly sustained
his noted Judgment. A much finer lot of
Jerseys never came into the state than
Danes original selection.
Imported Corona 1859 led the cows-a
cow that long won LIST prizes and sweep
stakes at the fairs and received this COM
mendation from Col. Warning at the New,
England Fair in Portland 1877. Speak
idg to Dane he said ''You ought to breed
this COW as long as she hangs together. y
Standard Jr., 1852 led the herd. 1t has
been written Of this bull that he was the
very best bull brought into Maine in
the early days. However this may be he
left noble lot of daughters. l should
be perfectly content to own some ofthem
now. Mr. Dane bought some daughters
of the noted bull Occur de Lion 3S1, the
great golden butter bull of the early i'm
portations. These cows were marvels of
richness and filled the eye in every par
ticular. I have never seen COWS that
suited me much better than these Occur
de Lion COWS. MI. Dane once sent me a
ball of butter made from Maggie Morton
29S5 in January. 1t was as yellow as
gold and yet no eoloring was made.