The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-04-20
HOLSTEIN-F
Thoroughbred Bulls Purchased b.
Cook County Farmers.

That the cattle-raisers of this neigh
borhood will have the much needed op.
portunity TO improve the quality of
their stock Is now assured. With that
end in view Hans Gulbransen of Maple
Hill and Chris Murphy of Grand Marais
have each purchased fine registered
HQlstein- Fresian bull, to be kept on
their farms for service.
Believing that the way to start is to
start right, these men have sought to
get the best that money could buy,
knowing that the additional cost of the
sire would be more than Offset by the
additional value of the stock raised.
There is no doubt but that the bringing
of these two bulls into the county means
an increase, within the next few years,
of several thousand dollars in the value
of cattle raised.
The Holsteins have now become by
far the most popular of the dairy
breeds, owing to their enormous milk
and butter production, their large size
and. rugged constitutions, and such
bulls as are wanted by the gentlemen
named are being anxiously sought after
by the larger breeders, as is evidenced
by the fact that Mr.. Murphy has twice
accepted offers of sale of bulls and both
times was disappointed by having his
money returned with the information
! that the bull had been sold before his
letter was received by the owner. He
has now accepted third offer of sale of
a very finely bred bull which he hopes
to secure.
In this respect Mr.. Gulbransen was
more fortunate, having secured a bull on
the first trial. Mr. Murphy, who pur-
chased the bull for Mr.. Gulbransen,
yesterday received word from the owner,
q. L. Lashbrook of NorthfeId, that
the bull would be held for him. This
bull, which is a three-year old, is one. of
the most finely bred animals of the
breed, as will be seen by the following
extracts from a letter received by Mr..
Laskbrook from the Wisconsin Live
Stock Association, the breeders from
whom he purchased the bull as year.
ling:
1--WE can offer you the Holstein bull
Sir Korndyke Mercedes as being one
of the very best Individuals, and one of
the richest bred Holstein bulls in the
world. He was born June 4th, 1904, his
dam, DeKol Mercedes Aaggie, has a
milk record of 81 lbs, 3 or. III one day
and butter record os.25 lbs, 10 or. 10
seven days. Her sire, Pauline Paul IFS
Colanthus, is out of a daughter of
Pauline Paul. the champion butter COW
of the world: 81 lbs, OF. in seven
days, 1,153 los, 1914 o.. in one year
. which is the largest yearly butter record
ever made by any COW of any breed, liv.
ling or dead; and is by a son of DeKol
II, SO lbs. milk in one day, 1856 lbs
butter in seven days. The sire of this
bull is Korndyke Hengerveld Sir Paul
DeKol. His dam is out of daughter
= of Pietertje Kokken Paul DeKol, whose
sister, Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline, has
the largest official butter record in the
world-62O.95 lbs. milk and 34.31 lbs
butter in seven days. In short, in the
J, veins of s'.S1r Korndyke Mercedes" there
, are ten COWS that averaged over 25,00(
lbs. milk. 10 one year, % that Ia averaged
over 10000 lbs, 48 over $4,000 lbs; II
COWS over 100 lbs. milk in one day, 9s
over 80 lbs. in one day, 234 cows over e
lbs. in one day; IS cows that averaged
over over % lbs. butter in seven days
} 128 that averaged over q lbs. Ills ter
nearest A. R. dams averaged over 8;
lbs. milk In one day and over $3.50 lbs
butter In seven days. - :.
81 had rather be worth only $780,
says Pontiac Rag Apple to herself, "anG
enjoy the respect and confidence Of M!
lEacquaintances than to be q mnI timillion
aire Wall Street bull, despised by every
body" Pontiac Rag Apple is. a nice
respectable Holete1n-F rieslan COW, own.
ed oy Daniel W.. Field Of Brockton
: Mass, and. was recently bought by hin
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