Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-10-20
Oregon Cow Champion.

Today the daifymen Of the world have
taken Off their hats to an Oregon milch
COW. Imperial Loretta D., of the Ladd
Crystal Spring farm, in southeast Port.
land, has been crowned queen of the
JERSEYS at the worlds fair. After a
contest lasting 12O days. in which she
was matched against the highest speci-
mems OF mich cows Of all nations, this
magnificent animal has won the greatest
triumph in the worlds history of dairy
ing, and she brings home to Oregon the
highest honors ever conferred upon
dairying etate.
For the entire J20 days, the duration
of the ST. Louis test, she gave 5,752.4
pounds of milk, daily average of Al 93
pounds, and producing 2SO Is pounds Of
butter fat, daily average of Q 33
pounds, which to the farmers wife
means an average OF two and three
quarter pounds OF churned butter daily
for the 12O days.
For 80 days Loretta produced over
25 pounds OF butter fat every "a hours,
her largest production being on August
1873 13 pounds-equvalen to 81
pounds of butter. On 16 days, she
made over three pounds OF butter day.
Her best seven days yield was for the
week ending September 10-20.61
pounds of butter-axceeding the won.
derful record of the great Blown Bessie
at Chicago.
Comparing Loretta DIS wonderful
performance at St. Louis with the rec
ord of the worlds championship con-
testan's at the Chicago exposition, it is
found that Oregon's COW has distanced
the great winners at the Columbian ex.
position. In the Chicago contest Ida
Marigod, the champion cheese COW,
gave in the first Is davs OF the test
673.6 pounds of milk. daily average of
44.9 pounds, her largest da 5ly yield be-
ing 467 pounds. Loretta at st. Louis
in the same number of days and al the
beginning of the test, gave 7498 pounds,
daily average of 40 90 pounds, her
largest daily yield he;ng IS pounds,
and on all but two days she surpassed
Ida's largest yield.
In the final 9)-day test at Chca 20, by
the three champions in all breeds con
testing, ida Marigold, the champion
cheese COW. gave 3,44S.3 pounds of
milk, dali average of 1881 pounds !;
and 1928 pounds 0. butter fat. daily
average of 1925. Merry Maiden, the
sweepstakes champion. gave 8 oil. 2
pounds OF mil (, daily average Of 33. 70 !;
and l64.94 pounds cf butter fat, a daily
average OF 1881. Brown Bessie, the
champion butter COW, gave ,634 pounds
of milk, daily average OF 40.37 pounds !;
and Us I2 pounds Of butter fat, daily
average of l9S.
For the same time at the st. Louis
contest Oregon's great champon n has
made the fol owing record:
Four thousand, four bundled and
sixty-two p0uads Of milk, daily aver
age Of 40 81 pounds.
Two huadred and seven and thirty
one hundredths pounds of butter fat,
daily average Of 2 80 pounds.
Ina nutshell, the great Loretta D.
has performed the marvel of producing
in 80 days, 207 81 pounds OF butter fat,
us against 17S II pounds produced in
the same period by the previous worlds
champion COW.
1t has been hard-fought contest-a
contest between feeders and the COWS
of the breeds. 1t was splendid finish,
every COW in the Jersey herd in perfect
condition, although the pace has been
very fast.
500 Reward, 500