Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-05-17

Calmly chewing their cuds in com
Portable stalls in model barn on the
Worlds fair grounds mt st. Louis are Il
big Holstein cows on which the Worlds
Fair Holstein- -Friesian association pins
it's faith and is confident that they viii
demonstrate the superiority over al
other breeds of cattle.
In other stables nearby are represent
ative herds of Jerseys, Devons, Brown
Swiss and Shorthorns and the same de
gree of confidence is evilced among the
followers of each breed.
+. b. Won Heyne is in charge of thu
Holsteins. He thinks this breed is thu
best in the world and he says that tht
present test will surely settle the queS
tion.
YES" said Mr.. Won Heyne, as some
of the Jerseys were driven by, 1.-The Jer
sey cows won in Chicago, but then they
had no competition. The Holsteins die
not participate in that test but this time
it will be different We are here to wiz
that prize" and the superintendent
leaned back in self-satistied manner
as though it were all over but tn,
shouting.
1.-The Holsteins," said Mr.. Won Heyne
have been bred in Holland for more thar
1000 years." and he thinks that in tha
country the science of dairying is as faI
advanced as in any other country of the
world.
The average weight is about l2Ot
pounds. The Holstein cOlorS are pro
nounced and unmistakable-the black
and white mottled. The good COW is
never fat. Mr.. Won Heyne explains this
by saying that the ideal COW is machine
and that her mission is to asSimilate hel
food and convert it into milk.
The first in portation of Holstein cat
tie to America was made in 1921. Other
importat;ons were made at later dates,
but no attempt was made to keep the
breed pure until 1861 when w. w. Chen
ely of Belmon,, Mass, brought over a
herd. Since then many other herds
have been imported and there are one
fourth as many pure blood Holsteins in
the United States as there are Jerseys.
''While confidently expect to triumph
over the Jerseys and all other breeds
here at the Worlds Fair, / want to say
that we did not consider it necessary to
go TO the length that the Jersey people
did. They selected the choicest Speci-
mems from all over the United States.
They assembled their cows at Jersey
Vile, ILL.,, near ST. Louis and have kept
them in training for a year.
''When the Worlds Fair Holstein
association decided to enter the contest
| went out into one county in New York
state and bought some of the cows.
The remainder will come from Wiscon-
sin. They are just good, average, pure
blooded Holsteins, the same as may be
found in any firSt-claSS dairy farm.
There is no need to spend time in
acclimating Holsteins. They doswell in
Russia and equally as well in South
Africa or any climate in the world.
The milk of the HOlsteins is not as
rich as the milk of the Jerseys. But
it more than makes it up in the quantity
A Holstein COW at the International
agricultural exhibition at Amsterdam
from Sept. !, 1888, to June I, 1854, pro-
duced l4,223 pounds of milk. The
record of Pieterje III for one year is
80, ,lS2 pounds of milk.
Mercedes Julipes PieterJe, cow 1
developed MYSELF, produced as a six
year-old in an official seven-day test %
pounds and 3 ounces of butter, 50 per
cent fat.
.Sadie Vale Concordia, the former
worlds champion, not alone among the
Holsteins but of all breeds, produced in
an official test in seven days 69I pounds
of milk which yielded 80 pounds and 10
ounces of butter, 50 per cent fat. This
test was made in New York state by a
representative of the Cornell expert
ment station in 1908. This COW at the
age of Is years sold for $4,000. A cali
from this splendid COW, at the age OF
four weeks sold for $4,000.
Now the Holstein is not only milk
producer without an equal, but she is
beef producer as well. We can COM
pete with the Shorthorns on beef pro-
duction, thing the Jerseys would never
attempt. The Holstein is the practical
and economical breed of cattle for the
United States and twill be proven at
the test this summer. Cor. in New
EpUla nd Farmer