The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-03-10
SkAGIT DAIRYMEN
TO BUILD up HERD
MOUNT VERNON BREEDER
BUYS SON OF CARNATION
KING SYLVIA
New Holstein Sire Win Improve
Skagit County Stockholders
Sons Have Been Sold East.

Many breeders have expressed their
optimism in the dairying industry In
Washington by a determination to i'm.
prove their herds. This Is In accord.
ance with the Better Cow-Better
Bull campaign suggested by the Uni
ted States Bureau Of Animal Industry.
rs we'll rs state organizations.
Furthermore, dAirymen who are
real live wires have not sold their
cows during the past several months
because the price Of milk WAS lower
than 1t has been during the war per
iod-excepting the bosrders or those
cows which have never paid . profit
and some have started to lay = strong
er foundation by the addition Of pure
BREEDS to their herds.
Among the most recent purchases
OF pure-bred sires Is that made by Mr..
Burr Doty, y pioneer Of Mount Vernon,
Wash, Joint owner Of the Black 4
White Ranch. consisting Of about 100
acres, SO Of which are cleared.
As soon ~ the price of milk showed
An increase he started to search for q
purebred sire that would cross we'll
with his herd Of 80 registered Hol'
stems, under federal test He selected
son Of Carnation King Sylvia, par
haps the most widely advertised Aol.
stein sire in the world. because. - he
said. This bull will be recognised At
once rs ace high In pure BREEDS" This
son is Carnatien King Segis Walker.
born April IS. lsse-represents sxcep
tionally Eood hreedinS--a cmbination
of the worlds short and long distance
records. His sire Is Carnation King
Sylvia, which created such . sensation
when purchased by Carnauon Stock
Farms for Slos.eo whose dam in turn
is double milk champion. having twice
exceeded the sevsnday milk record Of
any COW. She is worlds champion
milk producer for all periods from
seven to 100 days, and Il the My COW
10 have = ave times IS lbs record. She
produced 1905 lbs milk and %l.ol lbs.
butter in seven dAyA
The dam Of Carnation King Segis
Walker Is Carnation SeSis Walker. .
sl.ls.Nund twe-ysar-old daughter Of
Matador Sekis Walker. with = ten
months record OF 1855 lbs. milk and
soss lbs butter at two years old. She
is = halt-sister OF Carnstion Mstador
Leda. worlds champion junior two
year-eld. and . half-sistsr 10 Csruation
Matador Mutual Cle;hilde. worlds
champion senior yearlinS. Matador
SeEis walker has 81 AFRO daughters.
IS Of which In two-year-old form AVER
AGED for seven days; Butter. 50 lbs:
milk. tao lhS He Is = brother TO Segts
Piesertje Prcspect- the worlds record
milk COW. which recently produced
3'.ssLo lhs milk and i.&&&.s lbs but.
ter In sss days King SeSis 10th Is the
sire Of Natador and Presae1. and was
owned by the Carnsticn Stock Farms
until his death. and who now own
more than thirty Of his daughters
Mr.. pe.y las been eongrxuls;ed %
seirs the tirst Hals,eia breeder in the
state Of Washington 10 Sc: . 500 81
CSrnsticn King Sylvia BREEDERS from
the Ess. have esea buying al available
SOFAS. and W 10 the present time three
hare neAc selected BY Wisconsin
e-eeasrs: Two in MseAiEan- two n
New York and ens in Colorado While
the price q herd sire OF this breed
Ing lready to- service, COMES higher
than ordinary calves, sreeeerx readily
Gu. as~a ,s..r original esaA BY selling
services Al sIaa and ., the same tine
help their reisaaa-s build NJ their
herds