The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-28

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4 good example of the new sight
that has come to the Bitter Root is
found at the Ford a. HOLSTER Ranch
UncD south OF Darby and owned by
Judge HOLSTER and William Ford of
Cincinnati. Ohio. and will be. when the
improvements now under way are com
pleted. one of the show places of Mon
tana.
Devoted to Fine Stock.
The ranch, which is devoted to fine
stock raising and dairyine, consists OF
about u thousand acres of partly bot
tom and partly bench land. most of
which is used for hay and for pasture
There is some grain raised on the farm
ana a small part is in orchard.
The ranch herd consists Of about so
head of thoroughbred Holstein cattle.
Twenty cows are now giving milk The
heard is headed by Imperial Valley
View Korndyke, 1lG623, second pre-
MUM bull AT the Montana state fair.
1917 His get" received first premium
at this fair This is a magnificent an
imal.
Prize Milk Producer.
Pontiac Piebe End. Ifolstein COW,
which took second premium in open
class and first premium for milk
production at the 1917 Montana
state fair, and which was also
the winner of the Mrs. Marcus Daily
prize at the Ravalli county fair in 1917,
for COW producing the highest number
Of pounds of milk for June, July. Au-
gust and September, also belongs to
this herd.
Following is n record of five mem
bers of this herd:
Records Of Five Cows.
Johanna Orrnsby Springbrook-37o.
pounds milk. 1907 pounds butter in
seven days at the age OF 3 years, II
months. II -ays.
Duchess Colantha Springbrook--35l. A
mounds OF milk, 1885 pounds of butter
in seven days at the age OF years II
months and IA days, from a three
quarters uddcr,
Wilhelmina Johanna Sprinebrook-
35S,2 pounds milk, l7.O0S pounds butter
in seven days at the age of 3 years,
months l6 days.
Princess Piebe Rue--449.2 pounds
milk. 1881 pounds butter in seven days
at the age of years, 10 months, ID
days.
Queen Louise Dekol--46l.5 pounds
milk. 2o572 pounds butter in seven days
at the age of years, II months
No Special Feeding.
The above official records were made
In the months of February and March
of this year, under the supervision OF
Mr.. Albert Benson of Stevensville, VINO
was appointed for that purpose by Pro-
fessor c. l.. Martin of the state Asrl-
cultural college, Bozeman.
These records were made under al
most ordinary dairy conditions as the
cows received no other feeds during
their test than ground oats bran,
very little oilmeal and most of the time
a very poor quality of hay.
rhe best days production this spring
,yas april 3, when the herd OF II COWS
prodnced 1896 pounds of milk. an aver
nee Of s4.3 pounds. At that time only
nine of them were fresh: the remainder
~ them had been milking from five "a
eight months.
Modern Equipment.
There are two large barns GA the
ranch. The concrete cowharh has
s,anehions for 40 cows. besides severa
large box stalls. all of modern equip
ment. The milk room, in connection, is
"A
ness az is everything about the place
There are but few horses kept on thu
ranch. as most of the farm work /:
done with a Caterpillar tractor.
A pumping plant, operated by gas
oiine engine, supplies water to all tn
buildings.
"1unsalov a Marvel
Tho Bungalow" now I'm course o
construction and To be finished by Jui.
OF this year. is a magnificent build
ing all of native material. The entir
building is being built of lodge Tole
with the bark on the outside am
peeled on the inside OF The walls,
has a large room. 3ox61 feet and abou
20 feet high at the sides and 80 or NOR
feet high in the center. There ar
two enormous fireplaces in this room
one in the west end and the other i
a cosy nook on the south side OF tn
room. These fireplaces and Gimme!