The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-06-25
REMARKABLE CATTLE
ED OF EoLsTEINs At tx
WORLDS FAIR.
Are Out for Record-The Average
Weight IS 8 900 PounGs-Woa-
dertul Milk ProCucers-
Age Of the Freed.


derful Milk Producers
Age of the Freed.
Calmly chewing their cues in com
Portable stalls in q E.OLtl barn en- the
worlds fair grounds at st. Louis are -
big lIoistein cows en- which tie Lei
stein-Fries.cn association PIN their
faith and are confident that they viii
demonstrate the superiority over all
othcr breeds of cattle.
In other stables near BY are represent
alive herds Of jerseys, DGvons. EraNn
Swiss and Shorthorns. and the came &C.
cree of confidence Is eyinced among ito
followers of each breed.
E. D. Won Heyne. who has earned IN
enviaLie reputation rs developer OF
mich COWS, is In charge Of the Itolstoins
at the worlds fair. He thin.:s this breed
Is the best in the world and he says
that the present test will surely settle
the question and demonstrate that the
IIo!stc!n. as dairy COW especially. MS
well as for general purposes. has no
equal
"Ycs." said Mr.. Won Ieyne, ns some
of the Jerseys were driven by, "the Jcr-
scy COW won in Chicago. but then 1t
had no competition. The IIolste!ns cid
not participate in that test. but this time
1t viii he different. We are here to win
that prize" and the superintendent
leaned back in a se!f-satisfied manner.
as though 1t were all over but tho shout
ing.
Tho Holsteins, said Mr.. Won Ueync.
have been bred in Holland and tho Eric
sian islands for more than 2.0c0 years.
and he thin.:s that In that country the
science Of CARRYING is as far advancedas
in any other country Of the world
TIE IIo!s!c.n COW is angular Of frame.
rawbcned ard big. The average weight
Is about 5000 pounds. Tho Ho!s.ein
co.ors are pronounced and unmistak-
able-the black and white notified. The
good COW is never fat. Mr.. Won Heyne
explains this by saying that the ideal
COW is a machine and that her mission
is to ass,milate her food ard convert 1t
into milk. Tho milch COW is not bred
fer the flesh.
"A good IIolstein COW Is never fat"
said Mr.. Won IIeync. "She Is machine
for the manufacture of nilS-not tai
low"
The first Importation OF Holstein cat
tie to America was made In 1871. Other
importations were made at later dates.
but no attempt was made to Keep the
breed pure until 1861, when W. w.
Chenery. of Belmont, Mass. brought
over a herd. Since then many other
herds have been imported, and there are
as many pure blood Eolsteins in the
United States now as there are Jerseys.
while confidently expect to tri-
umph over the Jerseys and all other
to say that we did not consider II neces-
sary to go to the length that the Jersey
people did. They selected the choicest
specimens from all over the United
States. They assembled their COWS Mt
Jerseyvillc. ILL.,. near st. Louis. and have
kept them in training for year.
when the Holstein-Friesian nsso-
citation decided to enter the contest
went out into one county in Now York
State and bought some Of the COWS.
The remainder will come from Wisccn-
sin. They are Just good. average. pure
blood Holsteins. the same as may be
found in any frst-class dairy farm.
There IL no need TO spend time in ac-
climating Holsteina They do well in
Russia and equally as well In South Az
RIGA or any climate in the world.
1.-THE milk of the Holstcins is not quite
as rich as the milk of the Jerseys. But
It more than makes 1t mp In the quantity.
A Holstein COW at the international
agricultural exhibition at Amsterdam
from September Z. 1888. to June 7. 1884.
produced 1923 pounds Of milk. The
record CT Pie.ertje II. for ono year is
301S2 pounds of milk.
''Merce des Julipes PieterJe. COW de-
veloped myself produced US s,x-year-
old in an official seven-day test 20 pounds
and three ounces Of butter.
Sadie voll Concordia. the present
worlds champion not alone among the
Holsteins. but of all breeds. produced In
nm official test In seven days COT pounds
of milk. which yielded 30 pounds and
ten ounces Of butter. This test was
made In New York state at the Cornell
experiment station In 1908. This COW
at the age Of 10 years sold for $4,000.
A calf from this splendid COW, 1t the age
Of four weeks. sold for $4,000. s.
Nov the Holstein is not only milk
producer without an equal. but she Is q
beef producer as well. We will com
pete with the Shorthosns ON the beef
production. q thing the Jerseys would
never attempt. The Holstein is the
practical and economical breed Of cattle
for the United States. and 1t will be
proven at tho test this summer"
Where Money Il Made.
A complete mint. in operation, IL one