The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-08-11
A. S. kenney Buys
HOIStein Herd
Sixteen Head from Sears Gold
Herd to Live Gu Farm in
Paxton
Nothing But Pure-Breds
Go" Says New Owner
New Barns, Silos and Plenty of
Feed Provided for Comfort
of Newcomers

A. S. Kenney, Redwood Falls
merchant-farmer, became the
owner last week of sixteen head
of pure-bred Holstein from the
famous Sears-Gold herd, whichis
= being disposed of in the settle
ment of the Sears estate. These
cattle will be taken from the
Wabasso farm to their new home
on the Kenney farm east of town
this week.
Good Records
Mr.. Kenney's purchase in
cludes fifteen heifers practically
all due to freshen this fall, and
I one herd sire, Zelden Rust Pom
tiac. In starting a pure-bred
lherd, all stock breeders realize
that the most important thing
lis the herd sire. Mr.. Kenney has
purchased a very typey yearling
backed by many of the best but
reproducing Holstein families.
The dam of this sire has an Off
cial record of nearly "a pounds
| of butter in week. The dam
of his sire's sire has nearly %
pounds of butter to the week,
and she is a daughter of the
famous sire, Hengerveld DeKol,
\ whose offspring has official rec
lords up to 1915 pounds of but
ter in a year. Mr.. Kenney's
young sire is also a son of Pom
Itiac Burke whose offspring have
official records up to 1905 lbs.
of butter in year. He is also
a grandson of Duchess Ormsby,
which makes him closely related
to the world famous Minnesota
cow owned by John Irwin at
Minneapolis on exhibit at the
State Fair two years ago, who
made 145 pounds of butter in 80
days.
The Is heifers are some of the
typiest and best animals in the
Sears & Gold herd, and their
blood lines contain a great deal
Of the breeding such as King
Segis, Lord Netherland DeKol,
Hengerveld DeKol, De Kols 2d's
Butter Boy Bird, Pontiac Korn-
dyke and Aaggie Cornucopia Jo-
hanna Lad, all noted animals
whose offspring have official rec
ords of over 1000 pounds of but
ter in year. With this sort Of
a foundation, it is only a matter
of a short time until Mr.. Ken
ney will develop one of the best
herds in the Northwest. The
value of the offspring from this
type of milk COWS can be judged
from the fact that during the
past five years the Sears & Gold
firm has had a large demand
for their yearlings, male and fe-
male at a price averaging more
than $3.50 per animal, and the
receipts from the sale of milk
and butter fat show very profit
able results.
Fine Farm Home
The farm which is to become
the home of this splendid young
herd is rapidly becoming one of
the best equipped and valuable
farms in Redwood County. It
consists of 400 acres of rich land,
splendidly located and with
enough natural timber and rum
ming water to supply excellent
pasturage as we'll as broad acres
of grain and corn. This year
Mr.. Kenney and his sons Charles
and John, who assist him in the
management of the farm, have
erected a large horse barn 80 by
60 it., which affords excellent
quarters for the twenty-four
head of horses now on the farm,
and will store eighty tons Of
hay for their feeding. The cow
stable, accommodating thirty-two
head, has also been remodeled.
Both barns are cement foored,
supplied with running water and
exceptionally light and airy be-
cause of large doors opposite
each other in the ends of each
building and banks of windows
extending the entire lengths.
Use Two SilOs
Aside from the large amount
of hay which may be stored in
the two barns, a panel silo with
a capacity of one hundred tons
has been in use for the past two
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