The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-13
ACCA FARM JERSEYS
CAPTURE THE RIBBONS
Splendid Herd of % Exhibited by Clyde w Saunders Wins
IS Prizes Including Eight Championships and Fourteen
First Prizes-Virgniab Stock Entered in Compet-
ton With Imported Cattle Beats Outsiders FrazzIc
Save in One Event

The most remarkable record in prize
winning ever made at a Virginia State
fair was that OF the cleanup Of the
Acca Farm, of HenrioD county, OF
which, Clyde w. Saunders, of Rich
mond, is the owner. With herd or
twenty eight of his fine Jerseys, Mr.
Saunders won a total of forty 1--WE
ribbons, OF more than fifty per sent or
the total prizes offered in the dairy
class, and his exhibit was entered IN
competition with New York, Pennsyi-
vanta and Ohio. The only first prize
that MIR. Saunders did not capture IN
the dairy class went to an Imported
Guernsey bull of the Oak Ridge Farm.
OF Thomas Fortune Ryan. The Acc1
Farm stock was all born and bred IN
old Virginia.
Captured All in Sight.
The Acca Farm exhibit won one
sweepstakes, two reserve sweep
stakes, three championships. fourteen
first prizes: nine second prizes; Twelve
third prizes, and three fourth races
Mr. Saunders won both champions IN
the Jersey exhibit--that is having the
best bull and cow Jersey on tue
grounds, and for showing the best
dairy cows in Virginia.
Having beaten both Jerseys and
Guernseys, the Acca exhibit entered
sweepstakes class. and won first and
second for the best dairy cows in the
show, competing with some very me
imported stock. Matched against
Holsteins. Jerseys and Guarnseys, the
Acca Farm produced the second best
bull, bred and raised i'll HenTi3o eoun-
".
This is the record rihoeE- winning
for a Virginia establishment. and goes
r1aA hss ma
dairy stock raising i'll the Old DO
minion.
started as Fad.
MIR. Saunders. who is vice-president
of the city Democratic executive COM
mittee and one of Richmtod's best
known business men, started Acca
farm some years ago as fad. Now
comprising sixty-fiye acres, with
model barns and equipment and
eighty head of registered Jersey stock,
1t is one of the very finest dairies In
the South. From a tad It has devei-
oped into great industry and an
object lesson Of what can be done In
Virginia. Mr.. Saunders. starting In
small way. was careful to secure
only the best bulls and cows for breed
ing and milk purposes. and for years
has given his personal attention to
perfecting the strain of dairy cattle
which cleaned UP last week al the
fair. No such record of prize winning
for one herd has probably ever been
made. though it may be repeated next
ear for the reason that Mr. Saunders
is imbued with the ambition OF cap
turing all the ribbons. in the dairy
class next time.
Great Herd OF Jerseys.
A few of the more prominent prize
winners in the Acca farm herd are
shown in a picture on this page.
though the pictures gives only faint
idea Of beautiful points Of the prize
winning Jerseys. Purchase Girl was
the winner OF the sweepstakes over
all dairy cows in the show, and 100
entered the lists; she also won the
championship over all Jerseys. Fancy
of Wildwood was voted the cham
pion OF Virginia dairy cattle cows and
, won the reserve sweepstakes. being
beaten only by Acca. her stablemate---
the two best dairy cows on tho
grounds. Mays Eminent III. WAS de-
clared by the judges to be the best
champion OF all Jersey bulls on the
grounds, and twenty-five were en-
tered. He was also the reserve
sweepstakes winner. beaten for first
Of Thomas r. Ryan. The two young
xe-winning heifers shown are 4Acca
Farm Lady and Acca Farm
Princess, Who won, respect
lively, first and second championships.
These heifers are only twenty-five
months old and give six gallons Of
milk daily. They were born and bred
at Acca farm.
An ObjeCt Lesson.
So rapidly has the business of Acca
farm dairy growu--and Mr. saup-
Il p
seys for breeding and niiking--thst
he expects soon to BE- forced to asek
another location. The present range
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