The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-01-28


The &rerld's record for the Largest
production of milk and butter durinf
year belongs ID Boise valley COW
according 10 statements from the Sc
attic Carnataon Stock Farm Tthe re.
cord made by this cow Of 3T.3s4.l
pounds 81 milk and i.s&5.9 pounds
of hntter during 1920, exceiis amy re
cord ever made by dairy COW by d
wide margin, The fact that this Gov
was raised III Holaa valley by Boise
man Ii III more than passing interest
ueorge VIZ leighton u Boise pur.
chased herd Of 10 heifers from tns
ffsoistein herd OF At Al, Hartshorn and
bull. King Sagis 10th. from tho
herd of III. A. Meyer, paying at the
time fonnptch price which required
d lot of nnryH 10 pay II was HE IN.
teBti0n to interest HIS son In the bisi-
ness OF breeding FIolsteins. but his
son took more Interest In large scale
sheep raising so the herd was dis.
posed of I'd the Seattle Carnation
Stock farms, From this herd he bred
the worlds champion dairy COW.
The dam OF the worlds champion
waa one OF the original herd OF tel
haifers had been for generations bred
from the hest stock obtainable In tho
country, and the sire was King Segil
10th. In fact q review OF her breed
ing shows that the accomplishment OF
Prospect" WAS no freak Of nature.
but was the result OF these genera.
lions on fne breeding ON both sides OF
the family All her relations have
been making tne records 49, sires and
cows
Az the time OF the disposal OF the
herd by Mr.. Leighton II had grown
To nnmber 10 animals. Practically the
entire stock OF the Carnation Stock
farms IL made up OF this family 81
high producers Prospect" although
Slx years OF aga had never previously
showa much 10 warrant the hopes Of
being world beaten. having had
much trouble In calvinK She has on.
liz dropped three calves, all sons and
all owned by the Garnation Farms
but which have themselves demon.
strated unusual qualifications 1T
bulls. Prospect hsraelf was nearly
sent TO the butcher when all hope OF
her over becoming fresh again was
abandoned
In commenting upon her remark.
able record. the Holatein -Freaial
WorId states as follows:
Throughout the year she has av-
eraEed to produce her own weight IN
milk practically every 16 days, and
that In connection with Ii she hnA
produced right around 90 per cent oi
her own weight In butter Her per-
torrance reflects the Importance OF
persistancy In the making OF credit
able long time records Quite d mum
her Of cows have exceeded and many
have closely approached her mark
fir milk prodnctiin, la seven-day test
But Prospect averaged more for
every week OF her entire test than
she showed during her first seven.
day test In December and her years
figures are about "a times as great rs
her official week. which itself did not
come until she had been In milk
about three months. Capital News.
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Fred X, Reed. managing director
or the lsaho State Reclamation as
ISOLATION. returner Wednesday from
~ ft~iA VI lHSFNNtlbu ht AInSIlCAtl
Fails He states that the first check
OF the department OF the interior for
the payment OF land for the new
townsite has been given to r. L.
Tucker and Helen Tucker In the sum
of $4,000 TOR so acres OF land Test
holes are being drilled across the riv-
or valley and actual construction OF
tho dam IL TO be looked for as soon as
financial arrangements are finally
completed by the bankers and the To-
cal canal companies to raise their
share Of the first payment on the as
sessment pocatello Correspondent
Statesman.