The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-05-30
Hoistein Cow to Front.

r1olstein Cow to Front.
Under the heading, can Inspiration
to the South" The Black and White
RECORD publishes the follc wing com.
pllmentary account Of the dairy herd
at the farm Of the State Hospital:
More and more are we in the North
realizing the possibilities OF the South
as a field for future development along
dairying lines which is another way
OF saying, opening up new fields of
conquest for the Holstein cow AL.
ready great progress has been made
In educating the Southern farmer
away from the one crop plan, the pro.
cess OF education being considerably
expedited by disastrous experiences
with the boil weevil, which played
havoc with the cotton crop in large
areas. A few experiences along this
line and the Southern farmer was in
a decidedly receptive mood for the
arguments In favor Of diversified farm
ing. In connection with this change
in mental attitude has grown up very
naturally a strong sentiment In favor
Of cooperation with federal authori.
ties in eradicating the fever ticks
which in the past have made it impos.
sible or at least impracticable to in.
troduce oNrth growth cattle Of mature
ears in any numbers. The federal
government now reports wonderful
progress along this line and whole
States have been relieved from quar-
antine.
I'm years gone by our Jersey friends
have looked upon the South as their
legitimate prey, but Of late the Hol-
stein COW has beer coming into her
and already is challenging the
supremacy of her diminutive sister.
Even some Of our breeders have
been lukewarm ON this Southern prop
osition as they were not entirely con-
vinced that the Holstein COW was best
suited for the Southern environment,
but the experiences Of those who nave
given pure bred Holsteins a fair show
to demonstrate their a%daptability to
Southern conditions have been able to
prove conclusively that this surmise
is not in accordance with the facts.
perhaps the most important dem.
onstration of Holstein production in
the South is that furnished by the
State Hospital for the Insane at Co.
lumbia, S. c.. In this herd a number
Of sensational official records have
been completed, two OF which stand to-
day as worlds records for their par
ticular ages. We refer in particular
to the work Of the two wonderful
yearling heifers, Edith Maple Crest
Pontiac Arts and Daisy Pontiac
Champion Arts. sisters both being
sired by Eli Pontiac Silene. The for
mer Of these heifers freshening at the
age of one year, II months. two days,
made a seven day record of 27.41
pounds Of butter. 521.5 pounds OF milk,
which lacks less than a pound a day
of a worlds record for milk produc.
ton for heifers under "a months of
age and is a worlds record for butter
production with a margin Of over a
pound the best previous record being
1922 pounds. The other sister made
a record Of 24.17 pounds of butter,
4S3.4 pounds Of milk at the tender
age of n year, eight months, 16 days,
which is a worlds record for both but
ter and milk by a very wide margin
for heifers Of her age. Then. too, a
little earlier the same establishment
hung up a new record for all of the
southern portion Of the United States
with their seven-year-old COW, Anne
Johanna %Spofford, a daughter OF Ca.
lamity Spofford's Son. Her figures
for the seven days made 81 days after
calving were 1928 pounds of butter,
720 pounds Of milk, an average of
nearly 103 pounds Of milk per day.