Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-07-20
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Mr.. Alexander Sellers has bought
from Hon. s. II. Nivin, Landenberg,
Pa, Actress Rap s5203 and Prince
Thirty-one OLGA. The sire of the latter
is by Brown Bessie's son out Of a
daughter of Diploma sire of Merry
Maiden.
Brown BESSIE 1897.
Champion butter COW, winner of 90
days and 30 days tests, Worlds Fair
Dairy tests, against all breeds. Apart
from Merry Maiden 64g49, there was no
COW in tho Worlds Fair Dairy tests
that attracted as much attention as
Brown Bessie, and in many respects
she had more admirers than Merry
Maiden, the Inter not having reached
her maturity at that time, whereas
Brown Bessie was in the full bloom OF
maturity. No one entering the dairy
barns at Chicago could fail to notice
the remarkable individuality Of Brown
Bessie. Long and deep Of body, with
great stowage capacity, sho carried nj,
enormous udder, with perfectly placed
teats, which were fed by veins extra
ordinary in size and extremely tortuous.
and having no less than five distinct
milk holes. She is not only exceedingly
is evinced by the fact that in the
month of June, 1893, she MIXED "A
lbs. Ills o., and for that month her
she MIXED as high as 40 lbs. 8 80 OF.
was 40 lbs. OF. In August she MIXED
us high as d3 lbs. IL 15 OF. in a day,
and in "a days out of go that the test
tal In, hnf mil nd
lbs. Ter day. Her daily average Of
milk for the 90 days of the test was 40
lbs. 6 or. She made 3 lbs. of butter
per day five times during the test, as
follows: July 10th, 8 lbs 7ss or; July
25th, 3 lbs "a OF. July 30th, 3 lbs.
3-5 OF. August 18th, 8 lbs. 8 So OF. /;
August 24th, 8 lbs. "a OF. and when
she had been in milk l2l days on dry
feed she made 20 lbs. 2ls OF. of butter
in consecutive days. The 90 days
test ended August goth, and in August
she made over gig lbs. OF butter per
| day 90 days out of 90. She made more
butter in day, week, month and
| throughout the entire period Of the tost
than any other COW in it. She gave
more milk than any COW of any breed
in the tests-5,6l7 lbs. 2 2-5 OF. with
| the exception of one Shurthorn, who
gave 5,6S7 lbs. Ills OF. but Brown
Bessie, on less milk, made over 9S lbs.
more butter than did her Shorthorn
competitor. Brown Bessie's daily aver
age in milk for the five months of the
test was 40 lbs. $40 OF.
MERRY MAIDEN 64949.
Winner of Sweepstakes for best in
dividual COW in any herd competing,
Worlds Fair Dairy tests, Chicago,
1898. This is undoubtedly the most
famous COW living. Her reputation is
worldwide. She entered the Worlds
Fair Dairy tests in a competition with
"a of the choicest mature COWS that
could be selected from all over the
country, the best representatives Of
three different breeds, In fight to
| determine which was the most profit.
allie breed. Every breeder fully aprre'
ciated the far-reaching Importance oil
the result of this competition. At this
time Merry Maiden was less than
years old, and she went through very
serious sickness while in the tests, in
consequence of which she was off hel
full ration for over three weeks. But
her intrinsic worth as an economic
and persistent yielder of dairy products
was SO great that, Notwithstanding the
fact that she had not yet reached hel
maturity, and that she had to content
with this serious sickness, which largel,
decreased her production, she steadil,
forged ahead and landed the winner o
the great Sweepstakes awarded for tn,
best individual COW in any herd com
peting. She hung to 40 lbs. of mill
per day on dry feed for long tim,
and proved herself the richest COW o
the rs in tho tests. She was the onl,
cow that remained continuously in tn,
three tests that made two pounds o
butter or over each day in the last test
We believe she has no equal anywhere
In individuality Merry Maiden is
perfect type of a dairy COW; it woul,
be impossible to excel her. She i
probably the most persistent mixer il
the world. 1t was found impossible t.
dry her. off at Chicago, ard she has no
been dry since. She gave last yea
s,166 lbs. of milk on very ordinary food