The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-08
ASTONISHING BUTTER PRoouc'
rloN OF Mr.. PARFET's JERSEY
FINANCIAL COUNTESS.
ON FARM NEAR DENVER
SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY
TWO POUNDS THE SHOWING
FOR TEN MONTHS.

IN u CUuIOIIAUlC etAh sSay S
the foothills, near Denver. says the
Denver Post, lives the queen OF race
that ranks well with mankind In age
and general usefulness. and has left
tts mark on the children Of every gem
Grafton. The lady answers stolidly to
the name of Financial Countess, and Is
known through all the country as No.
165100.
She is q COW. Is Financial Countess
but not an ordinary. cud-chewing,
stately old dame with nothing to do but
supply a house with cream for the
breakfast food. Financial Countess has
q great duty to perform, and that Is to
make a new record for all Of her col
leagues of the Jersey breed.
The record among Jersey cows has
been held by Olive Dunn, the property
Of A. F. Pierce of Winchester, New
Hampshire, and the mark she estab-
lished was 100 pounds of butter year.
In the ten months that Financial
Countess has been in the race she has
produced 1872 pounds. That was until
April 1st The year will be up by June
1st, and by that time 1t is expected FL
nancial Countess will have far outdis-
tanced the record made by the eastern
COW.
This famous Colorado product, who
bids fair to establish mark that VIII
stand untouched for years, is the prop
erty of C. E. Parfet, who conducts a
big fruit and dairy ranch several miles
this side of Golden, near Mount Oliyet.
Every day since the first Of last June
her milk has been weighed and tested.
At stated intervals deputy from the
state dairy commissioner Office, au-
thorized by the American Jersey Cattle
Club, visits the ranch and makes Off
cial tests of the quality of the milk by
scientific methods. In addition to this,
Mr.. Parfet is making separate churn
test of the milk. and at the end OF the
forty-ffth week 1t was found that
Financial Countess had produced S14
pounds Of churned butter.
The test is being watched with a
great deal of interest by the American
Jersey Cattle Club, and the honor that
will fall on Financial Countess head
for making new worlds record will
be great. She weighs about 1000
pounds, and is worth anywhere from
81, 500 to $4,000. At that rate she is
worth from $3.50 to $40 pound,
whereas II she were sold in the open
market for beef she might bring $3.50
per 100 pounds. Which shows the ad.
vantage Of fame.
It is estimated that the average for
all cows In the United States Is less
than $50 pounds of butter year, SO 1t
can readily be seen that Financial
Countess is very talented.
The fact that Financial Countess has
the worlds record in Jersey cows does
not mean that she has it among all
cows. An eastern publication recently
called attention to Pauline, No. 48426
with a record of 1892 pounds of butter
in seven days. and 1884 pounds Of milk
in thirty days. Against this is Finan.
cial Countess 1904 pounds Of milk in
thirty days and "a pounds of butter in
seven days. But Pauline is Holstein
COW and her test was not for year
Neither was her milk actually made
into butter and weighed on the scales
So her task can hardly be compared
with that of the Colorado COW.
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Parfet hopes
to have Financial Countess beat even
Paulinc's record in another years test