Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-05-11
A VExED QUESTION.
But Very Easy to Settle if You
Want To.


and all the other breeds, as to which
breed is the best for milk and cream.
The leading Holstein breeder in the
valley is Herman Springmeyer. He
| Horns, but he tried few Holstens and
tested their milk. Mr.. Spring meyer is
a practical man and does not run his
ranch On sentiment. He saw by the
tests, the decided superiority of the
Holsteins over other breeds and now
miiks over hundred Holsteins.
He uses these cattle becauee the test
OF the milk demonstrates to him that a
hundred Holsteins give him q larger |
cash return than one hundred of any |
other breed he ever knew Of /
Some years ago he published a chal |
lenge IN the APPEAL, backed by $500,
that he could produce ten. twenty,
thirty or any other number of COWS
from his ranch that would produce
more milk and more butter in thirty
days than an equal number OF any
other breed. The challenge was not
accepted Following this. John
t Sweeney, of this city, offered to bet
$1,000 to 500 that the butter record of
1 a Holstein COW owned by him could not
be equalled by any COW ii the State.
No one took him up although the o.
O fer remained 10 the APPEAL a month.
O He was safe in the offer, for his COW
prod uced l20 pounds Of butter in thirty
days, a record never equalled in New
{ ada and in few other States. The sire
i of the cow was Saratoga. Oh. 3. $4,000
{ the E0lstein imported to this country
by the writer, and it is the blood of
Y this animal that permeates Spring
d meyers herd in Douglas county, and if
te the owners Of any other breed of cattle
wish to meet Holsteins in contest for
money. it is the descendants Of this
+" animal that they will have TO buck up
~ against.
\ few days ago az offer was made tc
the ad vocates OF Durham cattle in
n. Douglas county, to enter into milk o,
# butter contest, ten cows against ter,
* for thirty days, for a ten to one bet
the Holsteins taking the long end, fol
any part of $4,000. A forfeit of SlOl
tie was offered to bind the offer, but it wa
on declined by the Durham people, ye
at they still continue to assert that thei
cattle are the best for dairy purposes
who years ago they have been discard
as ed for the Rolsteins by progressive
III dairymen.
u Last winter Herman Sprin2meye
nc complained that the milk he sold tn
reamery of Douglas county did no
m test as high at the creameries as it di
i'll at his ranch. The creamery test
oh never reached as high as 400 while tn
no tests at his ranch ran On an averag
above 90 and as high as 4-2O. H
charged that the creamery was di:
eliminating against Holstein cattle an
In sent his milk samples to the Reno I'm
7H' versity to be tested All of his san
ent pies went as high as 60 or higher thu
al. sustaining his contention.
~; After these tests at the Universit,
rb+ it is claimed that Springmeyer's san
let pies went higher as well as everybod
now else, and Springmeyer publishes
~ card giving a tabulated list of the test
and significantly adding, "Tf the con
mittee thinks it can convince me TIL
cks the milk became richer during the G.
he treme bad weather we had in Febr
of airy it is mistaken
ept Since then there was vacancy
re the Brard of Trustees and the stoc
holders elected Springmeyer to Il
vacancy. 1t looks as if the stoc|
holders of the creameres begin
think that Springmeyer knows a thir
.lo or two about the milk question.
lille The APPEAL thinks that pub
The test OF the relative merits OF thu H
d a stein cattle and other breeds would Sc
line tie the question and if the hackers
ten the beef breeds think they do not ca
;'lc-: to risk money on the question, frieu
NC ly contest can be arranged at any tin
o, and the question could be easily Sc
bod tied. At present, John Sweeney's re
will ord of 12O pounds of butter in thir
days remains at the top. The writ
once had a COW at the Holstein ranc
- : Nevada Queen, produce thirty-fo
quarts day for thirty days in ia
uary. This was the top record un
one Of Springmeyer's cows, with t
same thorough bred blood in it, pr
duced forty quarts. This COW hol
the Nevada record as far as we CT
III learn.