The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-13
CHAMPION JERSEY
SOLD FOR $1,000
EDWIN JOHNSON BUYS "BLOS-
SON." HER DAUGHTER AND
SISTER, FOR $1,5OO.

ldaho's champion Jersey cow has
been sold for $1,000, but is to remain
IN Latah county, Idaho, and will con
tlnue in the states official test for
cows giving more than 40 pounds of
butterfat month. This COW, Bessie's
'Fernwood Blossom" now stands at
the head of the "honor roll'' in Idaho,
Wh1le her daughter, three-year-old
occupies sixth place and her sister,
also three-year old, occupies 18th
place in the list, which now numbers
15 head.
Blossom has been on official test
for eight months and climbed steadily
toward the top of the list until she
stood above all others in the Septem-
ber report, which has just been made
public by Professor H. P. Davis, head
of the dairy department of the Uni
versity of Idaho, who has charge of
the work in this state.
The noted COW has been bought
from T. w. BARLEY, who raised her,
for ,000 Mr.. Bartley's only reason
for selling the famous COW is that he
is going away from Moscow, where
he has lived for many years. Mr..
johnson also bought Blossoms three
year old heifer, Bee of Fernwood
Farm, and the latter's ID months old
heifer calf, and a sister of Blossom,
Bessie Fernwood Fawn, paying $500
for the three. He will keep them on
his farm one mile south of Moscow
and hopes to build noted herd of
pure bred, REGISTERED Jerseys from
this foundation.
The September report, published
today, shows Blossom at the head of
the list for Idaho, with record of
743.8 pounds of milk and 58,704
pour 5 of butterfat; her daughter,
BeeNuf Fernwood Farm, is sixth, with
ITO pounds of milk and 1851 pounds
of butterfat; and the sister of Bios
som, Bessie Fernwood Fawn, stands
No. II, with 716 pounds of milk and
41.41 ponds of butterfat Truly re-
markable family.
Mr. BARLEY bought his "founda-
ton herd' two Jersey heifers, in Ore
gon, six years ago. He has sold Is
head of females and a number of
choice young bulls in this county.
Last spring he sold all of his Jerseys
but Blossom, to Mr.. Horning, diary
man of Missouri, who had known the
herd and came to Moscow and bought
it. Since then two females and six
matt CdlVGS nave UeGU DOTU 70 CU0
herd. Mr.. Horning will ship the cows
to Latah county and the entire herd
will again be located here next
spring.
In the eight months that Blossom
has been on official test she has given
1047 gallons of milk which sold for
S52350. Mr. BARLEY has kept strict
account of her feed, which has cost /
SIP Che has only three acres and
has to buy feed for his cows) which I
leaves a net profit of $411.5O, or
more than $50 per month, and he
sold her calf last spring for $75 Mr..
BARLEY says that each year he has
had the Jersey cattle they have paid
good dividends in milk and butter.
His land joins the Universit ofy Idaho
campus and he has had a market at
his door for all the milk produced
From the two Jersey heifers bought
in Oregon six years ago Mr.. BARLEY
has sold thousands of dollars worth I
of milk, butter and cattle. He says
he has enjoyed the work immensely,
but wants to return and he and Mrs.
BARLEY (they have no children) plan
to travel and give up hard work
Mr.. Johnson plans to increase his
herd from the foundation bought from
Mr.. Bartley. He has two sons who
enjoy dairying and take deep in
terest in their new herd of purebred,
registered Jerseys.