The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-22
REMARKABLE CATTLE
HERD OF HoLsTEINs At THE
WORLDS FAIR.
Are Out for q Record--Ths Average
Weight Il 5000 Pounds-Won-
dsrful Milk Producers--
Age Of the Breed.


Calmly chewing their cuds in COM
Portable stalls In q model barn on the
worlds fair grounds at st. Louis are is
big Holstein cows on which the Hol-
stein Frlesian 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
ativn herds OF Jerseys. Deyonh, Brown
Swiss and Shorthorns, and the same de-
gree Of confidence Is evinced among the
followers Of each breed.
e. B. Won Heyne, who has earned an
enviable reputation as q developer OF
milch cows. is in charge Of the Holsteins
at the worlds fair. He thinks this breed
Ia the best in the world, and he says
that the present test will sarely settle
the question and demonstrate that the
Holstein. as n dairy COW especially, ~
well a. for general purposes. has no
equal.
EYES," said Mr.. Won Heyne, a. some
Of the Jerseys were driven by. "the Jsr.
sey COW won in Chicago, but then II
had no competition. The Holsteins did
not participate in that test. but this time
It will be different. We are here to win
that PRICE" and the superintendent
leaned back in . self-satisned manner.
as though 1t were all over but the shout
ing.
The Holsteins, said Mr.. Won Heyne,
have been bred In Holland and the Fries
sian islands for more than 1000 years,
and he thinks that IN that country the
science Of dairying Is as far advanced ~
in any other country Of the world.
The Holstein COW Is angular Of frame,
rawboned and big. The average weight
is about 5000 pounds. The Holstein
eolors are pronounced and unmistak-
able-the black and white mottled. The
good COW is never fat. Mr.. Won Heyns
explains this by saying that the idea
COW is machine and that her mission
is to assimilate her food and convert Il
into milk. The milch cow 10 not bred
for the flesh.
"A good Holstein COW is never tat,
said Mr.. Won Heyne. "She Ii a machine
for the manufacture Of mnk-not tai
low"
The first importation OF Holstein cat
tie to America was made in 1921. Othei
importations were made at later dates
but no attempt was made to keep thu
breed pure until 1861, when w. w
Chenery, of Belmont. Mass, brough
over a herd. Since then many Qthei
herds have been imported, and there ar
as many pure blood Holsteins In tn
United States now as there are Jerseys
"While confidently expect to tri
umph over the Jerseys and all othe
breeds here at the worlds fair, wan
to say that we did not consider 1t neces
sary to 20 to the length that the Jerse.
people did. They selected the choices
specimens from all over. the Undte'
States. They assembled their cows
Jerseyville, ILL.,, near st. Louis. and hav
kept them in training for year.
"When the Holstein-Frlesian asso
citation decided to enter the contest
went out into one county in New Yorl
State and bought some Of the cows
The remainder will come from Wiscon
sin. They are just good, average, pur
blood HolsteinS, the same as may b
found in any frst-class dairy farm
There is no need to spey.d time in &C
climating Holsteins. TLey do well i
Russia and equally as ell ip South Al
rlca or apv climate in The l&crld
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