The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-10

and fase~s. improved harris. lighted with
incandescsnt electric lamps, supplied BY
a wire run OK from Lowell L would nss
hard % imagine herzer barns ard factlI-
ties for the purys7se- ] rfCsttce9 1f2st Mr..
Hood Eag ussr~ the Michigan lard pas
tsr. made at Grand Rapids. Spanked n
IRE ozstZe stalls TO keep che sgable swss--
The manager sad tlAs t37ey found thas i
was c. great advantage IN this. not only
ire ammonia II tae manure for fertiliza-
ton. every pound of wAtch Is carefully
PIT out OF ttIe farm.
Here e "A Jersey herd OF cattle justify
Ing al These facilities and care, embracing
% al ages. fncluGing calves, some twesa-
sy--five head A fe9 hours look a this
herd on various parts Of the farm. readi-
y justified t9e Impressions made by the
Massachusetts dalrymeE, whom ! met at
Boston. ] Rave seen good many herds
OF Jersey ca tste hs1t none before sfaat quEs
filed ny ideal IN all respects. II Is the
largest and besg Jersey herd aiave ever
seen
Consider In this connection also the kind
~ blood and breeding AT the top Of the
herd. Among the noted milk Strain OF bulls
are Brown BeEsie's Son, 3f-5si. one Of the
finest CT bulls. a. shown by the heifers
and calves OF his get in the herd. Equally
stands Cronno. BIB. son OF Diploma. 1913.
This was the hlEll which was used az The
country who exhibited Jersey cows there.
Or equal merit also is Mint. 23.ea9 son OF
Diploma, dam Loreta. $3.50. one Of the
Worlds fair COWS which tested so high.
MINIS calves are very uniform and eX-
ceedingly promising Hood Farm Pogis.
- sSf. grandson Of ocDan, i.4s5. a famous
COW CONAN was the dam OF six in the
fourteen pounds list. Then comes Pedro
Signal Landseer. - 2i2. son of young Pc
dro Another very fine bull Is Tonnage.
2.eoo. son Of Diploma. out OF ore Of the
best daughters of Combination. These and
other bulls are In service at the head Of this
great herd. Those at all familiar with Jer-
sey cattle need not be told that they can
not be excelled in the world in breeding and
along the lines OF noted milking strains
OF blood
have time 10 mention specially, only
few more of the noted COWS Of the herd.
There is Merry Maiden, s4,9f9. which took
sweepstakes a. the Worlds fair on eight
cen pounds test. She is seven years old.
and the herd has ZONE fine specimens OF
her calves. Also Signals Lily Flag, 81 035.
This COW has the creates. butter record
Of any COW in the world, viz; A little over
i,04T pounds per year. and twentynine
pounds in one week The Hood farm herd
holds the silver challenge cup on this re-
cord as the greatest in the world Her
calves are very fine also. Costa Rica, Ca,
so. is another OF these ncted COWS, the dam
OF Merry Maiden. Costa Rica has a record
Of three pounds a day, and nearly twenty
one pounds a week. One OF the noted
things about the herd Is the pretty, uni
form points and colors of the really noted
Jerseys
Mr.. G T Hood. the owner Of this herd,
set out some years ago to get together, by
Importation, selection and breeding. the
best herd OF Jerseys In the world. and he
seems 10 have accomplished this task in
a marked degree. Perfect individuality as
well as perfect breeding have been the
chief features in making up the herd. Any
lover OF the Jersey would be benefited TO
carefully note the catalogue OF this most
famous herd Of Jerseys the world has pro-
duced.