The Dickinson press., 1910-11-12
MILK STOCK At FARM
OF the Bl0Mn DAIRY

VI DMVssU UHsM
Ormanzo Brown, proprietor of The
Brown Dairy, has received the extended,
tabulated pedigree Of King Pontiac
Topsy Cornucopia No.t.72. s29. the young
Eiolstein bull he purchased from Steven.
Bros. Co, while in Liverpool. N. Y.
this summer. NJ. Brown finds he has
one Of the best bred dairy bulls in the
country, and believes he will be of in
estimable value to the dairy industry
Of N. D. His sire, King of the Ponti-
acs. now only S years Of age, has IS
Advanced Registery daughters. The
best one Of these A. r. o. (Which stands
for Advanced Resistery Officially daugh-
tiers record, is IS, 52s.3 lbs. milk and
f761.4 lbs. butter in one year. The
second best has to her credit IA, 75S. S
lbs. milk and 733. IS lbs. butter in one
year. The others follow these figures
very closely, which makes them very
profitable dairy cows. These r extra
ordinary yields for 2 year-old heifers.
Mi. Brown saw this bunch of heifers
MIXED and fed, and also saw many
YOUNGER sisters sired BY this bull. that
were very pleasing to his eye, hence his
desire to get one Of their brothers.
Pontiac Korndyke, sire of above bull.
has Al A. R. o. daughters. The six best
have A. R. o. records of from 2ss9e lbs.
to, 1862 lbs. of butter in. T. days. The
dam of Pontiac Korndyke has an A. r.
O. record of Is. Ibis. butter in 7 days.
The dam of. King Of the. Pontiacs
has a large A. r. .. record. of %. Al lbs.
butter in 7 days, and her sire Henger-
weld Dr.. Kol has lis A. R.; O.. daughters,
4 with A. R. O. records from 80. II lbs.
TO- 81. OF lbs. butter in 7 days !.
Now on the dams side, of Mr..
Browns calf: we also find large A. R.
O: records. Her sire has So "A. r! O.
daughters with records up to "a. IS lbs.
butter In. days. This SIRE Aaegie
C%ornucopia JohannasLad. Mr.. Field of
Monticello, Mass. purchased at the long
price of 81, 600 this summer.
The above bulls sire has A. r. o.
daughters with records up TO 31.O 5 lbs.
butter in 7sdays. and his dams A. r.
O. record is 34.3 2 lbs. butter in 7 days.
We find all through the anc;estory of
Mr.. Browns calf a long list Of large
producers of milk and butter. and we
are pleased to know that a sire of such
dairy tendency, has been brought to our
new dairy country, where dairyine is in
its infancy and has every promise of
becoming q great industry.
We are also pleased to learn that every.
Holstein in Mr.. Browns herd of pure
breds. nov numbering IS head. either
has official records or are from official
record ancestry. Fifteen Of this herd
have been purchased BY Mr.. Brown az
an expense Of 81, 1853. 20. we wish all.
of .our. dairymen would take this same:
trouble and pains to better their herds OF:
dairy cattle. ~e I.
In explanation of Advanced Register;y
Official records, Mr.. Brown has this to
say: All A. R. o. records are made
and conducted by an officer OF assistant
of a state agricultural college or expert
ment station and must be for notices.
than 7 consecutive days, and the num-.
Der of lbs. of butter fat. cows of diff
ferent ages must produce in those 7 con-
seculive days to be admitted to the 'Ad-
,vanced Register Official is as follows;
Cows calving at 2. yrs. Of age or under.
7.2 lbs fat; Cows calving. at 3-yrs. of
age or under, 8.8 lbs. fat; Cows calving
at 4 yrs. of age or under, 1o.47lbs. fat;
Cows >calvine at S yrs. of age or older.
s12.0 lbs. fat.
The man making these tests must see
the COW or COWS MIXED out clean the
evening before the test begins. and see
each COW milkedat every milking during
the 7 consecutive days. He must take.
samples of each milking and test it,
and also send q portion of each sample
to the agricultural college. He must
weigh Immediately the amount Of milk
received from each COW. He must keep
accurate records of these items, and
make oath before q notary public that
they are true and correct. These records.
are sent by the agricultural colleges to
Malcolm n. Gardner of Delavan, Wis,
Superintendent Of the Advanced Registry
Of the fIolstein Friesian Association Of
America.
These records are printed in volume
form each year and can be had for q
nominal sum. h.
MI. Brown would not be without these
volumes as they enable him to keep
tracko the different families of Holstein
cows. and also bulls, as q sire is admitted