The Detroit times., 1913-06-28
INSANE ASYLUM
HARBORS QUEEN
OF HOLSTEINS
Lady Oak Fabes De Kalb Must
Resign Her Crown to Johanna
Karondyke Aggie, Unknown
Produces S0.4 Pounds of Butter
and 700 Pounds of Milk in
Seven-Day Test

ST. PAUL, Minn.-ThJ title OF
!. queen of the observation-disclosures In
Minnesota, recently bestowed on Lady
! Oak Fobes De Kol at the Agrtchtu-
zal college, is now claimed by johann
N Korndyke Aggie. hitherto un-
4 known member Of the royal family
l living at the Hastings (Minn) Insane
J, asylum. And although this latest as
! pirant to royal recognition has pro-
( 1uced less pounds Of butter and milk
! - one week than Lady Oak, worlds
|, title II to be conferred upon her. and
Lady Oak IL to only retain queen
ahip In the Gopher state.
Several days ago Lady Oak Fobes
Do Kol. In q seven days test, produo-
"a S6.A pounds of butter and over 100
pounds Of milk. Since she Is six years
old she n known as an aged COW. and
! IN that class of Holsteins, although
her record was a remarkable one,
could claim no more than the cham
p1oushlp Of the state. There are at
least nix cows In America in the aged
Holutoin class with better records.
Noch has been made OF the record OF
LAZY Oak, however, and 1t Is believed
tAnS e win BE- q long while before It
81 boktered In this state.
sJchAnua Korndyke Aggie. a senior
t1goeyear-old COW at Hastings, in
GGRon days' test Just ended by A. II.
H>bfzeR. m oflcial tester from the
AaEtcnltural college, has produced
41e pounds Of butter fat and 1854
uNnndS Of milk. This Is equivalent to
I &13 pounds Of butter and about 294
GMofto OF milk There Is no COW In
x66erica IN It's class that has ever
o6ualed Il, and full claim to the world
GI5nmpionship In that class Is estab-
UUhD0. With the exception OF one
1onior three-year-old. who has bigger
rAe6rd. there Is no Holstein COW In
America younger than Johanna who
hrs made a. good a record. The value
a. this promising young COW has risen
o. Z result Of Its remarkable test to
over $4,000. and greater records are
expected Of II In the future when 1t
II moro mature.
Johanna was purchased In Wiscon-
sin one year ago by A. e. Keen, her
herdsman. No individuals on either
side Of her family had been tested for
several generations back, but she
seemed to be q promising COW and
was purchased for that reason. AT
the request OF the herdsman the State
Board Of Control consented to the test
of johanna She was MIXED four
times each twenty-four hours, twice
at night and twice at day. Her test
averaged 4.s7 pounds of butter fat TO
100 pounds OF milk, an exceptionally |
high test for Holstein. She receiv- |
ed only ordinary care. being given |
feed similar to that eaten by all other |
cows In the herd. Her ration con- |
sisted Of silage, mangles and grain |
mixture.
By careful selection through the aid |
of the Babcock test the milk scales |
and the feed record sheet at the state |
asylum, Herdsman A. E. Keen has
produced q herd OF dairy cows far SUI
.per1or b the original one. When he
Wa secured az herdsman two years |
ago, "a cows on the farm were only |
giving 81 gallons of milk. A number
OF them were sold at once as inferior !
,Wilkers, and selection according to
milk and butter fat production was
begun Now at the asylum the herd I
.of "a cows IL giving 215 gallons OF |
milk and Improvement Is constantly |
noticeable.