The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-11-28

Judging from the purchases Of re-
gistered Holsteins made by Stearns
! county breeders during the past few
months it will soon be unnecessary for
the buyers of cattle of this breed to
go out of the county in order to Sc
cure stock of merit. Within the past
| week four prominent breeders Oh
Holstein in Stearns county have made
purchases from some of the leading
herds in the state and in number
of cases the purchases made have
been or direct descendants of some of
the greatest Holstein cattle in this
country.
| Early last spring after having pur-
chased a registered sire coming from
a high tsting COW owned in the w.
S. Shilling herd at Mortified, Mimi,
Joe Luetmer of Grove township de-
cided in order to have something in
keeping with sire of this breeding
| it would be necessary for him to Sc
| cure foundation COW upon which to
build a herd. In looking for cow of
| merit his attention was called to the
0. j. Grover herd at Glyndon, MINI.
Mr.. Growers cattle are of the Orms-
by strain and his foundation stock has
been obtained from the E. C. Schroed-
er herd of Moorhead, Mimi. The
Schroeder herd is recognized by all
Holstein breeders as being one of the
greatest Holstein herds of America.
p, Sir Pierterje Ormsby Mercedes, the
old Herd sire used in the Schroeder
herd has to his credit five one thous-
and pound daughters. A record which
cannot be surpassed by any other
sire of the breed.
Norma Pietertje Belle, COW of
especially desirable type Of the large
size and well marked having seven
day official record well over twenty
pounds was selected by MrM. Luetmer
as being the correct individual to
serve as foundation COW. The fact
that Mr.. Luetmer used good Judgment
in making his selection is evident
when we note that this cow was
awarded grand championship at the
Stearns county fair last fall winning
out in a class with fourteen entries
which was the largest aged Holstein
cow class to be judged at any county
fair in the state. Mr.. Leutmer now
holds the large silver trophy cup
donated by the Security State Bank
at Melrose to the first prize Holstein
cow of Stearns county. Norma Pie
terje Belle is safe in calf to Sir
Pieterje Ormsby Mercedes 22nd, who
is son of the famous Sir Pietertje
Ormsby Mercedes. Sir Pieterje Orms-
by Mercedes 22nd is recognized as be-
ing one of the greatest sons of the
old sire, he is an individual of i'm
mense size weighing twenty-seven
hundred pounds when in condition. S.
P. o. Mercedes 22nd has been herd
sire at the O. J. Grover farm for a
number of years, he was raised by E.
C. Schroeder at the Schroeder farm,
and was recently sold from the Grow
er herd to the Dupont farms in New
York state for $4,000, any breeder can
well be proud of having in his herd
daughters of this remarkable sire.
Last week Mr.. Luetmer purchased
from the Grover herd two young
cows which are direct descendants of
Sir Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes.
Norma Ormsby Pietertje born Novem-
Der Goth, 1916, was one of his pur-
chases; this cow is daughter of S. P.
O. Mercedes 22nd and her dam is
Norma Pietertje Belle, COW having
a record as a five year old of 22.55
pounds of butter made in seven days
record under official test and having
one A R. O. daughter with a seven day
record of 21.19 pounds as three
year old.
The other young COW purchased and
added to the Lutmer herd was Miss
Pietertje DeKol horn February 10th,