The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-19
Some More Jersey Notes.

| In last weeks American were
| some Jersey Cattle Notes relating
| to the productive capacity of some
of the noted cows Of Weldon and
vicinity. To determine whether or
| not these cattle possessed the same
degree of excellency in conforma-
ton and individuality that they had
in productiveness at the pail of
their owners decided that If possible
they would secure the services of
Prof. Hugh G. Van Pelt to score
them officially and thereby find out
how they measured up to the Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle Clubs scale of
points. Their reason for choosing
Prof. Van Pelt were that he is gener-
ally conceded to be the highest
authority in the world on all mat"
tiers pertaining to the dairy industry
and to dairy cattle. He it was who
in 1904 at the great worlds fair at
St. Louis fed the 25 famous Jersey
COWS to victory in the greatest breed
contest recorded in history, defeat
ing their closest competitors, the
Holsteins, not only in net profits
but also in gross returns by wide
margins.
They were fortunate in securing
the services of the professor at this
time as he is engaged at the biz
fairs the rest of the fall This week
he is in Texas and next week he will
be in Toronto, Canada. The Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle Club admits to it's
register of merit class B any Jersey
that in yearly authenticated test the
minimum amount depending on the
age of the COW at the beginning Of
the test or if she scores 80 per cent
or more. of the perfect scalefo of points
she is eligible to class A of the reg
lister of merit. Each of the COWS
that Prof. Van Pelt scored here went
above so per cent, ranging from
81 per cent to 81 the last
named figure being reached by Mr..
Halls two year old heifer, Ruby's
Bonnie Lass, a daughter of Ruby
Brinkman the state champion and
grand daughter of the two register
of merit COWS, Star of Weldon and
Odeletha.
This heifer herself was started on
yearly test March 1st when less than
two years old and is making great
record. Her six months old son
Bonnie Lass Prince was the top
notcher scoring 94A. OF this calf
Mr.. Van Pelt said that he was
show calf and should now be at the
state fair and that he would keep
the Island breed calves busy to beat
him in the show ring. His sire,
Prince Noel also scored very high,
making over SO per cent of perfect
and was highly commended by the
professor. No animal scored, came
in for more praise than Mr.. Wades'
yearling sire, Rob Roy, a son of his
phenomenal producing COW, May
Baalys, that in her two year old
form made over SAB pounds est.
butter in one year and his sire is
Odeletha's Boy, full brother 10
Odeletha's Golden Lad, the sire OF
Ruby's Bonnie Lass. Rob Roy is
fine large specimen of the breed,
grand individual as his score 81 u
indicates. Prof. Van Pelt said Of
this young fellow that eff it were
possible for every dairyman to head
his herd with such sire, it would be :
long until butter would be SO
cheap you could hardly give it
away" But such sires are scarce
and the butter market will doubt
less remain on solid footing.
Other high scoring animals were
Mr.. Jamison's Princess Geraldine
and Mr.. Wade's May Baalys, each
scoring SSk\ and that good old
register of merit COW, Star of Well
don reached S9%. The professor
said she had the straightest and
best back he had ever seen on a IL
year old COW. It is but natural that
the owners of these cattle should
feel elated over these high scores
and the compliments coming as
they do from such high authority
as Prof. Van Pelt.-Weldon Ameri-
can. -
Impure blood runs you down.