The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-12-12
COLLEGE BELLE WAYNE
How Her Record Was Made-Her
Family Tree.
BY Prof. G. Larson, South Dakota
State College.

In response to many inquiries rela-
tive to the breeding and care of this
COW | am glad to give the following
information about College Belle
Wayne:
Seven days, S24.3 pounds milk. 2S.3
pounds fat, or 35.4 pounds butter; 80
days: 3,33S.1 pounds milk, 116.545
pounds fat or las. 6s pounds butter.
When we come to analyze the
canses which brought about such large
milk and butter fat production from
College Belle Wayne, they are no diff
ferent from those found back of all
other large producing cows. They are
principally:
First: Good milk and butterfat pro-
ducing ancestors, or good dairy back
ing in the pedigree.
Second: Good raising.
Third: Good feed and car espe-
cially during the time of freshening
and the official test.
Dairy Backing.
The dam Of College Belle Wayne
was Leda Gerben Wayne. This latter
COW was a large producer. She had
Ii pounds Of butter. Besides she nov
has three daughters in the college
herd which are all large and wonder
full producers: SO the mother to Col
lege Belle Wayne was not only Is large
milk and butterfat producer. but she
had the ability to transmit this quail
ity to her daughters. She was pur-
chased from Mckay Bros herd in
Buckingham, Iowa. The maternal
grand dam is Leda's Princess I'd Ag-
gle Wayne. This COW has a V
day official record of nearly q pounds
If butter.
The sire of College Belle Wayne is
Beppo Jewell Lad. This sire proved
TO be a very prepotent animal. All
of his daughters are large producers.
Unfortunately he died early from an
operation. This sire was purchased
rom W. B. Barney, OF Hampton, Iowa,
who bred him. The dam to this young
sire the writer knows but little about.
evidently she is IN imported cow.
The sire of this bull is Colantha 4th
Lad. This very name suggests large
production, and a famous family. This
sire was bred by the veteran breed
ers, Gillette Il Son, of Rosendale, Wis.
Her Record Not Accidental.
From this short description it will
he understood that College Belle
Wayne, although bred and owned b.
the South Dakota State college, owes
her hereditary producing ability to the
combined efforts Of r1any, The spe-
cial point that should be emphasized
IN this connection is, hat College
Belle Wayne and her record are not
accidents. This great COW stands as
the product OF careful selection and
intelligent mating.
Rearing a Factor.
The writer believes that the first
few years Of a cows life have a consid.
cradle influence on her development,
size. strength, and future usefulness.
College Belle Wayne has always
been well fed. During her growing
years she a kept in good flesh, SO
much so. that MS a heifer. she was fire.
evenly pronounced too fat and beefy
10 develop into Il good dairy COW She
was fed upland Wild hay and corn fod-
der for rOughage, and ground cOrn
and oats as concentrates. During the
she had blue grass pasture.
and always plenty of fresh South Da.
kota air.
Some will say that an ANNA: In
tended for a dairy COW should have
more of a protein ration than College
Belle Wayne received. The experience
of the writer leads him to believe that
@ heifer intended for dairy purposes
should receive a ration containing
enough mineral end muscle producing
foods to keep her bones and muscles
growing, but also enough OF the fat
reasonably good flesh.
College Belle Wayne was not mated
very early the first time. She vas
two and one-half years old when she
dropped her first calf.
This fact, together with liberal feed
ing, fresh air and exercise has caused
her to develop into a very large COW
of wonderful capacity. She weighed
1890 pounds before she was six years
old in just ordinary flesh.
Feed and Care During the Testing
period.
Once a good authority told the writ
err that high tests are produced before
fr~eshening, rather than during the
testing period. It is now a well
known fact that "slush fat" put on
The cow a few months before freshen
Ing, can be MIXED Off during the first