The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-23
Jersey Stock for Elaine.
Choice Jerseys from the Great Hood Far
brought to Cam den.

den, Me, has secured from HOOD Farm,
Lowell, Mass, some choice Jerseys for
foundation stock. He personally select
ed at the home of the great World Fair
winners, bull and four COWS, all royalty
bred, and of such grand individuality that
their choice speaks we'll for Mr.. Stearn's
good Judgment, and indicates his inten-
ton to have the best.
One of the cows is Brown Bessie, Sd of
H. F., by Brown Bessies son, the bull at
the head of the Hood Farm herd and
son of the great Brown Bessie, the winner
of the 90 and 30 days tests at the Worlds
Fair, Chicago, 1893, and that made more
butter in day, week, month, and
Throughout the entire period Of the tests
than any other COW in any breed. The
dam of Brown Bessie Sd of II. f. is Fancy
Bee, record, Is lbs or, full sister of
two in the list one being Fancy Wax,
10 lbs, 3 , u. Fancy Bees sire is
Fancy Harry that has tested daughters,
and he is by Lord Harry, one Of Land
seer's Fancy, 20 lbs, y OF, in one week,
936 lbs, IA 3 4 OF. in one year, and tie
richest COW the world has ever known.
Another cow is Maid of YoSun, daugh-
ter of Ida Landseer, the sire of 13 in IA
h. list and by Ida's Stoke Pogis, the sire
of 20 with records over IA lbs, including
Bessie Lewis, - lbs, OF. The dam of
Ida Landseer is Toltec's Fancy, 81 lbs,
2 OF. butter in one week.
Mnty 4th of Hood Farm, heifer due
soon to drop her first calf, was also
bought. She is by Mint, the sire of 3 in
the IA 10. list, and full brother of
Columbiana, Is lbs s or Mint is by
Diploma, that has AZ daughters in the
list, including Merry Maiden, the Hood
Farm COW that won the grand sweep
stakes award for the best individual COW,
all breeds competing, all three tests com
bined, at the Worlds Fair, and the only
Jersey that proved herself superior to all
COWS of all other breeds in all tests.
Lorita, the dam of Mint won first prize
three years at the Iowa State fair and
she was Il notable COW III llb lGSl DIT onlCd-
90 in 1898. Minty 4th is equally we'll
bred on her dam S side, being out of Blizz
Pogis, IA lbs, 8 IL o., grand dairy COW.
The sire of Blizz Pogis is Kathy's Stoke
Pogis, the sire of in the IA ID. list a son
of Ida's Stoke Pogis and kathy's Tor
ment, COW that sold for 81, 600 as a year
ling. The fourth COW is Island Star of
Hood Farm, she being by producing
son of Ida's Pogis, the sire of in the
list. Ida's Pogis is by Ida Rioter Of st.
Lambert, the sire of 26 cows that have
butter records averaging over 20 lbs. each,
and he is out of La Petite Pogis, 20 lbs.
1884 or, whose dam has milk record of
16, 500 1-2 lbs. and butter record of 600
lbs in one year. Island Star of II. p,
% lbs. 10 1-2 o. butter in days and 81
lbs. milk in one day.
The bull to 90 with these cows cannot
be beaten in breeding and he won first
prize at the New England Fair in 1898, as
the best in class. He is by Chromo the
sire of in the IA h. list. Chrome is by
Diploma, and he is the DULL that was at
the World Fair where m jority of the
Jerseys were bred to him. Oneida I'd is
the dam of Mr.. Stearn's bull. She has
butter record of II lbs. IA OF. in one
| week, and has MIXED 43 lbs. 10 OF. in
one day, 10, III lbs. oz. in IL months
and "a days, which tested 656 2 lbs.
butter. Oneida I'd is by Combination Sd,
the sire of Brown Bessie's son and of 10
tested cows The grand old COW, Oneida,
is the dam of Oneida I'd. She has test
of Is lbs IL o., has MIXED so lbs. 5 or.
in one day, and for year she gave y, 134
lbs II o. which tested 652 IL lbs. but
ter 1t will be seen, therefore, that the
dam and grandam of this young bull to-
gether gave in one year y, 9Oo lbs. IA OF.
of milk, and this made 1903 lbs. of mar
ketabe butter. This is record which
shows what are the ideals at Hood Farm
and indicates the superior capabilities Of
the Hood Farm Jerseys. Oneida is
daughter of Combination, that has %
tested daughters and II granddaughter,
including the Hood Farm cows, Brown
Bessie and Merry Maiden.