The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
LIVE STOCK.
TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
HOLSTRIN-FRIESTAN ASSO-
CITATION OF AMERICA.

ANS N"SA@N
Holstein. Friesian Association OF Amer
lea was held at Buffalo on March 17tn'
1897. President Q. r. Payne, OF Ham
ilton, N. Y, called the meeting to or
der, and in his opening address calIeo
attention to the growth of b Assocla-
ton, carrying the total number OF
members to 514. There were present
the following named gentlemen:
Joseph Haviland, Glens Falls, N. Y;
James A. Graham, Paterson, N. j. W.
A. Ward, Elmira, n. Y; W. a. Mat
teson, Utica, N. Y; ". Z Taber, East
Aurora, N. Y. s. Hoxie, Yorkville, N.
Y; ". S. Carpenter, Menominee,
Mich. B. f. Wright, North Ridge. N.
Y; s. R. Divine, Loeb Sheldrake, N.
Y; William Rood, Birghamton, N. Y E;
W. NJ. Benninger, Walnutport, Pa. A;
III. R. Seeley, Harrington, Mich. A.;
Ralph Stevens, W. W. Stevens, Henry
Stevens, Tacoma, N. Y B. Chaffee,
Springville, n Y {; s. Burchard, Ham.
ilton, N. Y ; B. B Lord, Sinclairville,
N. Y A. A. Cortelyou, Neshanic Sta
ton, N. Y w. J. GiIlett, Rosendale,
Wis E. A. Powell, Syracuse, N. Y !;
D. II. Burrell, Little Falls, N. Y;
Isaac Damon, Cochituate, Mass. a. T.
Cole, Morrisville Station, n. Y ; II.
Langworthy, W. Edmestop, n. Y ; T.
G. and E L and L T Yeomans, Wal
worth, N. Y F. L Houghton, Bat
tleboro, VT.
One hundred and sixty seven breed
ers were represented by proxy.
President Payne referred to the
thrifty condition of the business of the
Association and the grand record Of
the breed in the dairy c mpetition Of
the past year, in which the Houstein
Friesians won a majority of all prizes
offered for largest production Of but
ter. The officially authenticated but
ter records when placed b3fore the
public must force an acknowledgment
of the superiority of the breed as but
ter COWS. The report Of the Secretary,
T. L Houghton, Battleboro, VT, con
tanned the details Of the registration
for the year, and included names Of
the following, who had been admitted
to membership:
Frank w. AIlis, Madison, Wis. Miss
II. E l. Biddle, Irvine, Pa. James
BURY, Lisbon, Ill. H. B. Cannon, Den
yer, Col. /; ], F. ConaWay, Paramount,
West Va. H. s. Day, Willis, Mich j
W. Dimick Jr, Rifton Glen, N. Y;
Miss N. D Eshleman, Fresno, Cal.
Charles Hebard, Chestnut Hill, Pa #.
P. Knowles, Worcester, Mass. s. T.
Kucx, Altoona, Pa ; Harris Lewis,
Norwich, N. Y ; Q. T. Lloyd, Butte,
Mont. G. II, Lyon, Spring Hill, Pa {;
A. N. McGeoch, Milwaukee, Wis.
George W. Manlove, Ciey Gland, O.;
John II Mead, West Rutland, Vi E
B. Mitchell, Harrisburg, Pa Carl
Muth, S~heboygan, Wis 81. B Not
tingham, Syracuse, n. Y; NJ E Pen
rose, Denver, Col q. Powell Ramsden,
Salisbury Mills, N. Y; Chas K. Rec
ord, P6terboro, n. Y; Sllas Shook,
Youngstown, Ohio;J J. Franklin Steele,
Shushan, n Y Q. P. Stevens, Icon
Lake, N Y. J. Reed Whipple, N5w
Boston, n. &.
The total number Of members admit
ted under the $25 fees was 179. Report
of the treasurer, ". r. Smith, of syria
cuse, n. Y, showed cash balance On
hand of $13, 928 q. The sum of $l,-
517. so had been paid out for butter
prizes at fairs and officially authqnti-
Gated records during the year. The
report Of the Superintendent Of Ad
vanced Registry, S.. Hoxie, Yorkville,
N. Y, was Of the greatest interest
There had been fifty nine entries of
Officially authenticated butter records;
fifty-two by experiment station officials,
three by State inspectors, and three By
special inspectors, and two by an agent
of the Wisconsin Board of Regents.
Fitty-siX of these records were entered
for butter prizes of the Association.
The total number to date OF officially
authenticated ~seven-day records was
forty nine full aged COWS, whose aver
age butter record was 10 lbs. 5 OF per
COW; twenty eight four year olds.
whose average record was IS lbs. 5 8
c.; eighteen threeyear oIds, whose
average butter record per COW was Is
lbs. 81 c., and forty two year olds.
whose average butter record per COW
was IL los. IL 5 cz. Comparison with
the records Of ether breeds was chal.
lenged.
Amendments to the bylaws we're
made, suspending for 4 year the ege