The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-10-20
HOlstein Cow on Farm Produces
Average of Fifty-Two Pounds
Butter Fat per Day
OTHER RECORDS MADE
A. r. o. Tests Are Conducted
Scientifically And for Vary
ing Periods of Time


ing Periods of Time
The Redwood Holstein Farm
Company is doing considerable
testing, and several nice records
have been made. Chas. Calver-
ly, the herdsman, came to this
farm from the Rochester herd,
where he has had charge Of the
DR.. Graham herd for several
years. Mr.. Calverly is an eX-
perienced herdsman, and has
made lots of records. The first
record he made was on Inka
Darkness Pauline Pontiac. When
Mr.. Calverly reached the farm
she had been fresh ten days, but
s. had had serious trouble, and was
only milking thirteen pounds a
day. He went to work on her
and soon made a good record.
She produced 500 pounds of milk
in seven days and an average of
So pounds per day, and made
1854 pounds butter. He also
made at the same time records
on two year old heifers of 1880
pounds butter in seven days,
both of them milking over 300
pounds of milk in this time. So
far. nine seven-day records have
been made, and two thirty day
ing records, one COW milking in
the past thirty days 1920 lbs.
of milk, making 90 pounds but
ter. She MIXED 439 pounds in
seven days, making 21.64 pounds
butter. A heifer two years old
August 26 MIXED 1902 pounds
of milk in thirty days, making a
little better than 81 pounds OF
butter and produced 14.62
pounds butter in seven days
None of these COWS was forced
= in any way, and they made these
records under very ordinary
farm conditions. Next year,
Messrs Gold-Wise & Gold are
planning on doing considerable
semi-oficial work, but owing TO
being so crowded with work this
wear it has been found impos-
sible to carry on longer records.
On the seven records which have
been made so far on two year
old heifers, the average test OF
these seven is 3.79o butter fat.
It is a safe venture to say there
. ale not many people who could
2 see a dollar at the bottom CT the
milk pail on these COWS.
Local Cow Tested
Mr.. Calverly has made one
record so far on a heifer owned
bv A. S. Kenney. She made
better then twelve lbs. butter IN
a week, which is very good, as
she had been moved from Wa
basso up to Mr.. Kenney's farm
and had just barely become usec
to her surroundings when she
freshened. Then she was moved
over to the Redwood Holster
Farm Company's farm and was
tested, and under these circum
stances it is considered very
good record. Mr.. Kenney ha:
three more heifers which JUS
freshened and which he eorsid
ers testing, and all of them ough
to do fully as well.
/ New Record Breaker
"a man is only allowed to rul
sixScows at one time. If h
wishes to run more, he can rul
two extra by paying the teste
$50 a piece per day for the tim
they are running in the test. l
you want to run more than that
you have to get another tester
but it is very seldom that thi
occurs. One man can however
on the semi-official work take a
MANY as you care to run. A
the present time, Mr.. Moscril
y of North ST. Paul is runnin,
thirty-seven. Practically all tn
Minnesota breeders are runrin,
all their COWS this way, and J
B. Irwin of Minneapolis has
cow which if she can keep u
her present gait for one NOR
month, will break the World
Record for the year which i
147O pounds of butter. If MI
Irwin breaks this record, it vii
be the third worlds record tina
he has broken, which goes t
s, show the Minnesota is still OF
} the map as a dairy state.