The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-27
STATE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE GETS BULL
Animal at v. p. I. Received High VIM
niIlSs at State Fair and Other
Exhibits.

Blacksburg. Nov. 2s.-Arrange-
ments have been made by which
Mansfield Hall farm donates the ser
vices of their herd bun, Mona Roses
Glory. No. 92531. to V. =. l. for a
period of two years. This bull is
wonderfully we'll bred. being sired by
Eminent's Gold Mont Lad. one of the
most famous prize winning bulls of
his time, and out of Mona Rose with
Register Of Merit record of 6,490
pounds of milk in $40 days. the lat
ter containing 444 pounds of butter.
Mona Roses Glory has been one OF
the most successful show bulls in
Virginia for a number of years. as
will be seen from his winnings.
In 1910, State Fair. first in reserved
championships; age, IL months: 1912.
Virginia State Fair, first In reserved
championship; 1918. first premium
1914. first premium; also champion at
Fredericksburg Jersey Show; 1915, no
cattle at State Fair. but was first in
championship at the Roanoke. Lynch
burg and Fredericksburg shows; 1916,
first In championship at Fredericks-
burg Dairy Show.
Aside from being a good Individual.
this bull is ALSO a great producer, in
that he has five daughters in Regis
ter of Merit. Glass IA; two daughters
on retest at the age of four years that
will make over 500 pounds each, and
four more daughters on test at the
present time that are making won-
derfully good records. V. p. l, be-
lieves that Mona Roses Glory will
make an exceptionally good cross with
the Jerseys at present in the herd
and that he will improve the stock
already on hand. This is saying a
Dnnd fhn ta a
reached the standard where all OF the
cows. barring none. which have fin
ished first lactation period. have Reg
lister OF Merit records. All young
heifers with first calf are being tested
for Register of Merit records, and in
dfcations are that they will all make
the requirements.
v. p. 1. Dairy Herd.
All Jersey cows in the herd that
have finished one lactation period have
qualified for Register OF Merit rec
ords. These records were all made
| as immature cows of the following
ages: Three two-year-olds; one three
year-old and three four-yea -olds =.
The average milk production for the
year. Register Of Merit record, 6.s16
pounds. Average butter production.
asa pounds OF IS per cent butter.
In the Holstein Friesian herd there
are fourteen cows that have finished
one lactation period and all of them.
with the exce ption OF two-Dione De-
kol and Buckeye DeKol Pauline, sec
ond-have records as two-year Odds.
IT Is needless to say that IL these cows
had been tested as two-year- Odds they
would have tended 10 increase the
| average rather than decrease It. as
Dione Dekol has a record OF $50 LIZ
pounds of butter as an eight-year-old.
During this lactation period she was
on the show circuit thirty days Buck
eye Dekol Pauline second. has a rec
ord of 1.i5s.52 pounds OF butter In
one year. which Is a worlds record
for cows owned By colleges and ex-
pertinent stations. The twelve two
, year-olds have an average record OF
over $50 pounds OF butter in a year.
Six two-year-olds have average rec
ords of 600 pounds of butter per year.
Including the whole herd. with rec
ords of three mature cows, ten Inn
mature cows. including eight two
year-old records the average produc-
ton OF the Holstein- F'riesian herd OF
V. 2. l. is 700 pounds of butter. Five
OF these cows have an average yearly
record of s32 pounds of butter.