Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-01
REMARKABLE CATTLE
HERD OF HoLsTEINs AT THE
WORLDS FAIR
are Out for Record-The { 'erage
Weight Is 5000 Pounds-N en-
derful Milk Producers
Age of the Breed

I big HOlstein COWS on which the HOl-
stein-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, Devonsy Brown
Swiss and Shorthorns, and the same de-
gree of confidence is evinced among the
followers of each breed.
Z. b. Won Heyne, who has earned an
! enviable reputation as a developer of
miIch cows, is in charge of the Holsteins
at the worlds 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 a dairy COW especially, as
well as for general purposes, has no
equal.
eyes" said Mr.. Won Heyne, as some
Of the Jerseys were driven by, "the Jer-
sey COW won in Chicago, but then it
had no competition. The Holsteins did
not 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-satisfied manner,
as though it were all over but the shout
ing.
The Holsteins, said Mr.. Won Heyne,
have been bred in Holland and the Erie
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 Holstein COW is angular OF frame,
rawboned and big. The average weight
is about 1900 pounds. The Holstein
colors 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 assimilate her food and convert it
into milk. The milch COW IL not bred
for the flesh.
"A good Holstein COW is never fat"
said Mr. Won Heyne. "She is a machine
for the manufacture Of milk--not tall
low"
The first importation OF Holstein cat.
lie to America was made in 1921. Other
importattons 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 herd. Since then many other
herds have been imported, and there are
as many pure blood Folsteins in the
United States now as there are Jerseys.
while l confidently expect to tri-
umph over the Jerseys and all other
breeds here at the worlds fair, I want
to say that We did not consider It neces-
sary to go to the length that the Jersey
people did. They selected tie choicest
specimens from all over the United
States. They assembled their cows at
Jerseyville. ILL.,, near St. Louis, and have
kept them in training for year.
"When the Holstein-Friesian asso-
citation 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 Wiscop,
sin. They ara just good, average, pure
blood H'lsre.ns, the sama as may BE-
'ound in any first-class dairy farm
There is no need to spend time in ac-
Holsteins. They do well in
Russia and equally as well in South At
"ica or any climate in the world.
"The milk of the IIolsteins is not quite
as rich as the milk of the JERSEYS. Prt
it more than makes it up in the quantity.
a Holstein COW at the interna .,-nal
agricultural exhibition at Ans cream
from September z, 1888, to June 7, 1884,
produced 1928 pounds of milk. The
record Of Pletcrtje II. for one year is
3O,1S2 pounds of milk.
Mercedes Julipes Pieterie, a COW de-
gelopeC myself, produced as a six-year-
old in an official seven-day test 20 pounds
and three ounces Of butter.
Sadie Vol Concordia, the present
worlds champion, not alone among the
.iolsteins, but of all breeds, produced in
IN official test in seven days C97 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 |
1T the age of 10 years sold for 81. 300 |
A CALI from this splendid COW, at the age
Of four weeks, sold for $4,000
Nov the Holstein is not only a milk
PRODUCER without an equal, but she is a
'eef producer as well. We will COM
lete with the Shorihorns on the beef
a thing the Jerseys would
lever attempt. The Holstein is the
PRACTICAL and economical breed of cattle
or the United States, and it will he
proven at the test this summer"
Four Million Plants.
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