The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-07-08
REMARKABLE CATTLE
HERD OF HoLsTEINs AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.
Are Out for Record-The Average
Weight Is 5000 Pounds-won-
derful Milk Producers
Age OF the Breed.

Calmly chewing their cuds In COM
Portable stalls In a model barn on the
worlds fair grounds at St Louis are 10
big Holsteln cows on which the IIol-
steln-Friesian association pin their
faith and are confident that they will
demonstrate the superiority over all
other breeds OF cattle
In other stables near by are represent
alive herds OF Jerseys, Devons. Brown
Swiss and Shorthorns. and the same de-
gree OF confidence is eylnced among the
followers Of each breed
T. D. Won Heyne, who has earned an
enyiable reputation as a developer OF
mllch cows. Is in charge OF the Holstelns
at the world'sf fair. He thinks this breed
is the best In the world. and he says
that the present test will surely settle
the question and demonstrate that the
Holstein. as dairy COW especially. as
well as for general purposes, has no
equal
"Yes,r said Mr. Won Heyne. as some
OF the Jerseys were driven by, "tho Jer-
sey COW won In Chicago. but then II
had no competition. The Holsteins did
no, participate In that test. but this time
It will be different. We are here to win
that prize" and the superintendent
leaned back in a self-satished manner.
as though Il were all over but the shout
ing.
The Holsteins. said Mr. Won Heyno
have been bred In Holland and the Frle-
sian Islands for more than 1000 years.
and he thinks that In that country the
science OF dairying is as far advanced as
In any other country Of the world.
The Holsteln COW IA angular Of frame.
rawboned and big. The average weight
Is about 5000 pounds The Hols,ein
eolors are pronounced and unmlstak-
abie-the black and white notified. The
good COW Is never fat. Mr. Won lIoyne
eHplains this by saying that the Ideal
COW IA a machine and that her mission
Is TO asslmilaie her food and convert II
into milk The mlleh COW is not bred
for the ntsh.
"a good Holstoin COW IL never fat"
eaid Mr.. Won Hoyne "She Is a machine
for the manufacture Of miIk-not tall
low"
The hrst importation OF Holstein cat
tie TO America was made in 1921. Other
importations we're made at later dates.
but no attempt was made to keep the
breed pure until 1861. when w W.
Chenory, OF Belmont, Mass. brought
over herd Since then many other
herds have been Imported. and there are
as many pure blood Holstclns IN the
United States now as there are Jerseys,
"whie confidently expect TO tri-
umph over the Jerseys and all other
breeds hors at the worlds fair, want
90 say that we did not consider II neees-
sarY TO 70 TO the length that the Jersey
people did. They selected the choicest
specimens from all over the United
States They assembled their cows at
JcrseyvIlle. NJ. near st Louis. and have
kept them In training for year.
when the lIolstein-Frleslan asso-
citation decided TO enter the contes, |
went out into one county In New York
State and bought some OF the COWS
The remainder will come from wlscon-
sin. They are Just good. average. pure
blood Hols,eins. tho same ms may be
found In any nrst-class dairy farm,
There is no need TO spend time In ac-
climatlng HolstelnS They DO well In
Russia and equally as well In South AZ
rlca or any climate In the world
"The milk OF the Holstelns Is not quite
as rich as the milk OF the Jerseys But
It more thas makes |, up In she quantity.
A Holsiein COW at the International
agricultural exhibition at Amsterdam
from September 7. 1853. TO June Z. 1884.
produced ii.223 pounds Of milk. The
record Of Pletertje H. for one year is
30.ls2 pounds OF milk.
Mercedes Jullpes Pieterje. COW de-
veloped myself, produced us a slx-year-
dina Official seven.day test 90 pounds
and three ounces Of butter.
sadie voll Concordia. the present
worlds champion. not alone among the
IIolstelns, but OF all breeds produced In
an official test In seven days COZ pounds
Of milk. which yielded 80 pounds and
ten ounces OF butter This test was
made In New York state at the Cornell
experiment station In 1903, This COW
at the age Of 10 years sold for 81 300.
A calf from this splendid COW. at the age
OF four weeks. sold for $4,000,
Nov the Holsteln is no, only milk
I producer without an equal. but she is a
beef producer as well, We will COM
/ pete with tho Shorthorns on the beef
production. thing the Jerseys would
never attempt, The Holsteln Is the
practical and economical breed OF cattle
for the United States, and Il Will be
proven at the test this summer"