Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-08
GENEsEO BELLE POLKA DOT
BREAKS STATE RECORD FOR
MILK PRODUCTION.
RECORD NOT FAR FROM
WORLDS HIGHEST MARK
Geneseo Belle Establishes Ne" marx
for Week Both As to Production OF
Milk and Of Butter Fat-Zeii Iooeoa'
Another Holstein. Threatens to Set
New Year. Record
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Ames. March S.-An Iowa State Col
Iege COW, Geneseo Belle Polka Dot
No. e4910, has just broken al Iowa
records for weeks production OF hll4A
and butter fat In seven da! she gave
1922 pounds of milk containing -.--4'
pounds OF butter fat OF qua-ltE ina
would make 3i.056 pounds OF 50 Per
cent butter. Only nine COWS III loe
world have ever surpassed This outlet
fat record for a week and OF those nine
only one exceued Geneseo 6e!ie IL '--V
amount of milk produced
This fine Holstein- Friesian milk ma :
chine was bought og Prot. Il n All
dee of the animal husbandry depart
ment, last fall Tor $500. Inns WeeA t-=t
former owners, Mckay Brothers. o.
Buckingham. Iowa, lold Mr Aitoee
that they would give three pure oEvu
Holstein cows il. exchange LOT
SEQ Bellies weeks old cali ana Ae-
him keep the mother. This nsile c1---
alone would bring $500 in casn u O.
fered for sale, but neither the mother
nor the calf can be bought o. tAe COL
lege for any price Win THESE aHo
other high class animals !-h- lHSAl
AR. Kildee is laying the foundation lo-
a college herd o. Gai-y animals "A4c.-
will be as good as the BEST
The best days milk production N
C;enesea Bellies Isst fas loss p"LGcs'
which is the equivalent OF i7e e=.e
thirteen and fourteen gallons her pes
butter lat day gave production o.
5.0!4 pounds Of 50 per cent GUTTER Axe
Hansen, the skiNtul he-ds--an, VINO s
in charge OF Genesao Belle and the
other high class animals OF the Ca.rE
farm saws that II she had been II GOOD
flesh when she was bought ~ the col
,ega last fail she would have crowded
me record Of the worlds best COW dis
Judgment was seconded ny State Dairy
commissioner w 3. Barney and 4. q
Mckay who saw the animal this u eek.
That cow. Pontiac Pet, produced only
% pounds butter fat more than Gene
SEQ Belle and only 362 pounds more o.
so per cent butter. Geneseo Belle is
only years old and she comes OF a
fine producing strain.
Zen Zobeda, another high class Hol-
stein Friesian COW. produced 315.:l
pounds of butter IN twenIy-one daEs in
November, December, January and
February With nearly eight and one
half months to go on she promises tc
make a striking record for the year
Zeu Zobeda eats less than sl2 worth
Of feed per month. Ont Of thar sa'
makes butter fat worth from $40 70 s.;
a month. and incidentally high priced
calf each year. Figgis 18th. q hand
some Jersey COW. owned by the college
has a record Of 794 pounds II ounces
OF butter for year. Rouge % o:
the Brick7eld. a high class Guernsey
made record Of sl2 90 pounds q but
ter fat last wear Her milk products
were worth s20e42 with feed bill o:
1851 Charging the value Of ths ma
nure against labor there is & profit OF
s120,51 in addition 10 a high pr.ced bul.
calf Including these animals the col
lege herd row has IN the advanceG
registry work three Guernseys. hy-s
Holstelns five JERSEYS and ona AT
shire. Some day their combined nro.
duction records viii create sir II
the dairy world.