The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-19
TREAT MEETING OF CATTLE
BREEDERS HELD AT WADDINGTON

Addresses b. prominent cattle breed
en- MANAGER Royce spoke brleIly
welcoming all 10 NaddinztOn. and IN.
roduced Prof William n Hill Sec
retary Of the Panhandle Agricultural
cIuo. and dean OF the agricultural de-
man.
The nrst speaker was Mr.. Baker.
pfeaioent OF the Ohio Guernsey Bleed
ers association Mr. Baker h owner
OF one of the nnest Guernsey herds IN
ONO. located At Gates mills. AR
manifested by Guernsey breeder
throughout the country over the de-
Nelopment OF such a high cla-s OF
cattle. and remarked about the in
crease OF Guernsey breeders through
out the country. The Erowth OF the
was sisnitcant. be said IL was o =
sanized In 1911 with about 90 mem
pers. While the present membershlp
Ii about 500
Prot. Bishop Speaks.
Prof r. H. Bishop. of Peterboro. y
u. was the next speaker He a.
sistant secretary OF the American
Guernsey Cattle club. and has charge
OF the advanced registration work He
mas been a guest al Waddington Farm
TOT the pass Iew days. ana uurIns 49,.
audfess refei red In complimentary
tones 70 the splendid Guernsey herd
AT that place.
IN tne olsedinS % GUERNSEY cattle.
Ifoisss9r tisnoI said gualitysis the
principal confederation. The quality -
IN the cattle and quality a. also marked
IN the men Who breed Guernsey cattIs.
The Guernsey COW has come to her
Own - result OF her good. steady
work" said Professor Bishop @Th.
Sgsrnaey COW has made a plac. for her
seh ana she Is going TO occupy that
her own merits-her good results At the
The speaker said there Is no necessity
Tor the comparison OF the Guernsey
breed with other breeds The Gu-rn-
.sys are IN field by themselves" he
declared. They have the advantase ~
size aud the qualities thai a nan Ssnys
when he desires 20 grade up his herd
ana produce more butter fat The
SSt ' To- coi stands q, n9s only for quality.
The demand Tor Guernsey bulls f.
.emarkable. he said. u - also difficult
70 surply the demand for full-blOoded
Suernseys. and the speaker said he saw
no reason why this demand should not
continue He referred to the large
importation OF Guernscys.
Prof. Err Talks.
Prof Err. OF the Ohio state Tntver-
sity. who Is regarded as one Of the lead
, ,ms Sue nsey men In the United states.
a man TO make good records must
uhoeFs stand the art OF feeding. he en-.
everything. he said. but one must test
the COWS. IL has taken thousands OF
years 20 develop breeds OF cattle. he
SAID. but now a breed can be deveioped
~ Few years lie referred 10 m.
rolled Jerseys. breed developed in
II characteristics can be bred In cat
~, why cannot milk and butter fat
HuAlues be developed. he asked This
- made possible largely. ne said bv
The testing OF cattle. and the Keeping
or accurate records
Worn at bethany.
frof Hill then explained the work ~
h'i many college In beginning. he gave
Col OElebay credit for estHbIishinF ne
sriculatnral department and the college
farm. lie recited some OF the excellent
records made by the college herd OF
,iueruseys. BY eliminating the small
on paving basis. ana the balance sheet
now shows "A monthly gain Instead OF a
, ,, The cows which are producing
ihe biggest proht also shows the lar0egf
cost he said. All feed and labos -
charged against the herd. he explained
ne average milk production OF the
Sember TO May. were read as folIoWs.
I,eSenber. II pounds; January. II
pounds: February. p pounds: March. q
pounds. There were seventeen Grade
cows In the herd az the beginning. he
d, ,ia. snd ten at the erd the lowest pro
The average production OF the Guern-
seN nerd. he said, was as foliows- ~
nAoefs -VsS pounds. January % hounds
February. 20 pounds. March. 70 pounds
April; - pounsd; May. 81 pounds.
reference was made TO MAY Rftrna
Guernsey. the worlds champion COW
owned by Capt. r.. II. Cassatt at Ches-
terbrook farm, Chester county. Pa She
produced 1854 pounds OF milk and
l.O4S.Hl pounds OF butter fat which ~
equivalent TO i.252 pounds of bueter
heginntg AZ , o'clock the visitors were
taken on tour OF inspection Of the cat
We barns and dairy sheds. wadding-
tons beautiful Guernseys were greatly
admired by all. and many high compli-
ments were paid the herd by prominent
breeders In attendance
Guests.
Among those present during the ar
teruoon were the following:
T.. H. Bishop. Peterboro, n H
\. l.. Hine. Akron. O.
J. NJ. Hover. Bethany w Va
= u Smith. kenova. W. Va
=. Lee Perry. Bethany w. Va
y. y. Ischumy. Copely. Ohio.
a. T.. Burnett. Novelty. Ohio
Henry Porter. Chardon. Ohio
a ". Reynolds. Adena. o.
Ihos. b. Whinnery. Adena. o.
Wilmer J. Smith. Adena, o.
Ebert II. Baker. Cats Mills. o.