The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-11-19
4 MISSOURI JERSEY
RECORD BROKEN


The senior four year old Missouri
State Jersey record has recently
been broken by COW owned by Long
view farm, Lees Summit. Golden
Fontaine's 'Susannah started her test
August 9Th, 1919, at four years and
nine months of age. During the year
she was on the fifty-pound list every
month but one, producing total OF
l2,517.8 pounds of milk and $685.
pounds of fat.
This record replaces Golden Ferns
Gem, owned at the time of test by
Mrs, S. B. Thomas, st. Joseph, with
record of 11.l77.5 pounds of milk ano
62S02 pounds of fat. Golden Fon-
taihe's Susannah thus increased the
state record by 75.48 pounds of fat.
This is not the first record made by
this fine animal AS Junior year
old she produced 1894 pounds of
milk and 587.79 pounds Of fat which
placed her at the top of the list in the
Junior three year old division. Thus
she now holds first place in two class
es. The greatest honor that can come
| to a dairy COW is now before her
| breaking the mature record now held
by Gold Majoram, owned by J. E..
Jones of Liberty, with 1880 pounds
4 of milk and 851.70 pounds of fat. Nd
mirers of good productive dairy cows
will watch with a great deal Of intel
est the future of this animal
| Oxford Fontaine Rosabel, another
Longview Farm COW, has recently
completed the fine record Of II 1928
pounds of milk and 705,89 pounds of
fat at five years and one month of
age. This record places her fifth in
the mature class replacing her barn
mate Raleigh's Leda, with 3 produc-
ton of 15,544.1 pounds of milk and
702.52 pounds of fat. This is Rosa
bells second record also as she al
ready produced 9,376-S pounds of
milk and 548.15 pounds of fat as a
Junior two year old which placed her
at the top of that class.
The Jersey State record COWS are a
credit to the state and to the breed
ers owning these animals. A study
of the records show that in the ma
ture class the records range from 851
pounds of fat down to 70b pounds with
an average for the five leaders of
1898 pounds of fat. The senior
four-year old class ranges from $685.
so pounds of fat down to 540.46
pounds with an average of 602.38
pounds of fat. The Senior three year
olds also rank exceptionally well as
class, ranging from COZ pounds to
SIS with the high average of 570.67
pounds of fat. The forty class lead
l II IN I'll No
average over 5@5 pounds 'df fat. The
number of Jersey breeders doing test
ing as web as the number of cows on
test has doubled during the past year.
This year jersey breeders are start
ing in greater number than last SO a
number of improvements in the state
| records are to be expected this year
Through the Missouri Dairy Cow
Competition fostered by the Univer-
sity Of the Missouri College oof Agri-
culture .Jersey breeders who have cows
freshening this fall have wonderful
opportunity to place Register Of Mer-
it records on the COWS il the, herd and
at the same time compete for num-
Der of valuable prizes for the highest
production Of fat.
Cash prizes ranging from 5000
down to SIS are offered flor the cows
producing the largest amount of but
ter fat in 3G5 days, owned by breed
!: err who began testing not earlier than
Oct. !.
II One Milwaukee aJr power waite.
system worth over $3.50 and other
valuable equimnent as alsu being of
fered new breeders .tns prizes for with
the highest averages. This is just an
indication of the vake the herds of
the prize list. These prizes are
worth trying for.