The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-29
COWS UPHOLD
Hartman Man
Ahtanm Holsteins of Messrs
Marks Prove to r. B. Miller
Their Work in Yakima
TESTED FOR SEVEN DAYS
IN BUTTER PRODUCTION
Official Records, Made Under
State College Expert Indicate
The Merits of Herds Under De-
velopment Here

Nessrs. ]. P. 6, b. B. Marks of the
Ahtanum are proving, along with
others in this valley, that the dairy
COW is good proposition. This is
= fact which would interest R. B.
Miller Of the Hartman railway and
is interesting an increasing number
Of people in this town and valley as
they become impressed with the
knowledge that the fruit industry is
not the only one here but that men
are doing splendidly and attaining a
high degree of success in other lines.
AS an indication of the character of
the animals owned here by the Hol-
stein breeders it may be said that a
bull, sold at auction in Wisconsin a
week or two ago for $1,000, is u
brother of the herd bull at the Marks
ranch and is an inferior ANNA, not
being as highly bred on his dam
side as is the Marks bull.
Cows Are Profitable
Seven cows in the Marks hero have
proven their right to class with the
famous Yakima orchards as money
makers, as they have shown them
selves to be bread winners. They
have been under a weeks test con-
aucted, officially, by Warrea Lin
coin of the State College at Pullman
One Of the cows was taken at a time
when it was too late to make any
preparation whatever for the trial.
All the other animals were tested
onder practical ranch conditions as
1t IS the first time the Messrs. Marks
have had such trial Of the meri. ct
Il cir animals and they were neces-
sa'ily unacquainted with the fined
POINTS which are arrived vt when
records are sought. The pleasing
thi'.g is that every animal was doing
better at the close of the test than at
,he start
Facts of the Test
Holstein names are interesting but
to the expert they tell story of
breeding and achievement which has
positive money value. Herewith
are the animals of the Ahtanum,
names and all. which have contrib
uted this past week to the glory of
the valley:
Few Nudine DeKol 2nd-Agei
three years; twenty-one and three
tenths pounds of butter Average but
ter fat 80.
RED Oak Gerster, aged SO months:
seventeen and ninety-two hundredths
pounds of butter.
Pietertje Witkop DeKol. aged SO
months: sixteen and three quarters
pounds butter. This anirual was but
two Gays out of the two year old
class when the test began.
Allie Mona DeKol End. aged COW;
twenty and one-tenth pounds butter.
Abbekerk Rose Wayne, aged three
years; seventeen and five-tenths
pound butter.
Heifer. aged rs months, fifteen and
one-tenth pound butter with an aver
age milk production, daily of SO
pounds. This animal was brought in
here last fall by Mr.. Marks along
with a number of others. She has
had heifer calf and today she AMI
her calf are worth what the entire
shipment cost.
Florence Sarcastic, junior four year
had calf and taken out of the
herd in trial after the test began:
seventeen and six-tenths pound of
sbutter with an average daily milk
production of sixty pounds.
In each instance the foregoing are
the results of a seven DAYS test. They
should mean something to the
thoughtful reader. Messrs. Marks
propose to hold further tests this fall.