The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-15
In BIG MILK TEST
Several Entrants in Contest
Have Been Withdrawn.
Competition Among the Vari-
Gus Breeds Is Keen.

Although the Longview herd of
twenty-four Jerseys is the most pleas
ing to look at Of anything in the dairy
department at the big fair, and for
snow-ring records and long prices has
everything beaten, yet q question has
arisen concerning the merits of the
best of these COWS in competition with
others as milk producers.
The butter-fat contest started Tues
day morning. A Longvfew COW was
entered in the contest, in which all
told fifteen cows were competing. But
when the first days records of what
other COWS were doing in the contest
became known, the Longview cow was
withdrawn. She was not the only COW
whose owner threw up the sponge aft
er the first round of the contest. F. j.
Bannister, also of Kansas City, Mo-,
withdrew the cows he had entered,
and Charles Holstor & Sons of To-
peka, who had Holsteins entered, did
likewise.
The outcome of the contest is being
watched with special interest, owing
to the fact that the long-sought dual
purpose" COW, one producing both beef
and milk, may be discovered. Wilkie
Blair of Girard, Kan, has entered two
COWS of the Red Polled breed in the
three day race to see which cow will
produce the most butter-fat. The Red
Poll is primarily a beef breed.
In Two Divisions.
There are two divisions in the con-
test; cows three years old or more
are in the senior division. Those I'M
der that age are in the junior division.
Blair has a Red Poll entrant in each
division. This breed will be given a
pretty fair testing in comparison with
the recognized dairy breeds, as J. w.
Larabee of Earlsville, ILL.,, has a Red
Poll COW in the senior division, and
Charles Graft & Sons of Bancroft,
Neb., have entrants in each division.
The dairy breed fanciers are in no wise
confident that their cows will not be
beaten in a contest lasting only three
days, contending that the superiority
of the dairy breeds is their ability to
produce large flow of milk extending
over a long period of time.
The Brown Swiss cattle are repre-
scented by one COW in each class. They
are entered by Dahlen & Schmidt of
EldOrado. T. G. Laptad CT Lawrence
has a Jersey in the Junior class, and
each class.
The Holste:3-s.
The Holsteins are represented by P.
]. Mast of Scranton, with a cow in
each division, and Segrist & Steven
son of Holton are competing in each
class, and Charles Holston & Sons of
Topeka have a Junior entrant, and Da-
Wis Coleman & Sons of Dennison. Kan.
have one COW in the senior class.
The exhibitions of dairy types of
cows and the number shown on the
grounds are: Holsteins-J. M. Christ
nut & Sons, Dennison, Kan, four;
Charles Holston & Sons, Topeka, six
teen; Segrist & Stevenson, Holton,
Kan, 13; George Tedrick, Kingman,
Kan, six; j. P. Mast, Scranton, Kan,
seventeen; Davis Coleman, Dennison,
Kan, seven; r. B. Davis, Omaha, Neb.,
nineteen; H. w. McAfee, Topeka, one.
Brown Swiss-Daghlen & Schmidt,
Eldorado, Kan, twelve.
Jerseys-F. j. Bannister, Kansas
City, Mo-, nineteen; R: A. Long, Kan
sas City, Mo, twenty-five; Oliver &
Doran, Topeka, nine; Erdley & Son,
Holton, Kan, eight; J. H. Scott, To-
peza, two; F. G. Laptad, Lawrence,
nine, D. Y. Gibson, Hanlon, Mimi,
twelve; T. G. Dave, Troy, Kan, one
Guernseys-W. j. Brick, Norton,
Kan, two.