Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-11-23

iod showed 1888 pounds. Her best
seven DAYS showed 500 pounds of
milk. Her first thirty days record
was 3626.9 pounds of milk and 134.3
pounds of butter; her first 80 days
7OO8.S pounds milk, and 267l pounds
butter; and her first 80 days l'F'4'
pounds milk and 1922 pounds butter
1t was estimated that her year would
show a record Of $1,000 pounds OF
milk and that her butter test would
he approximately 400 pounds of but
ter.
An Unusual Cow
This famous cow is Il great favOrlte
on the Spaulding farm and is the sl'e-
<ial net of the herdslnan j. II. Berg
who affectionatcl; refers to her as
Nellie" Nellie" is Il handsome COW.
with fine intelligent head. Her Keen
ewes recognized stranger i'll her oox.
and her deep we'll curved Dostrlls dis
anproyed of the fur-coated visitor
Her glossy hide is soft and pliable'
and is kept spotlessly clean.
One of the most remarkable things
about this cow is a very deep Genre:
vein. This vein is the most prommen;
Of the wonderful, system OF lactea'
veins leading to the udder. and is even
now about four inches deep. Judges
who have seen this cow say that TINS
vein is very unusual
An Eight foot Udder
The udder itself is unusually large
After she had been MIXED On the Gay
she freshened, Mr.. Berg measured the
udder and it was then 1914 inches IN
circumference. or eight feet, three ana
\ sne-half inches around. She freshen-
ed on December 28th last year.
"Nellie" is now seven years old:
She was bought as a two year oio
before she was fresh and has been de-
welcomed on this farm She was slree
NV homeland Sarcastic Sir 1880 ana
her dam was Mercedes Dekol Neelt]e
ffa955 She has had four calves. One
aanghter is making 900 pounds OF
hutter as feur year old. X she was
sold some time ago, bringing a sooc
price. e., )
This COW would be sufficient for a
half dozen families: Even now she
* ciyings thirty-flye quarts OF milk
dailv. and as her butter amounts 70
ever TWENTY-FIVE pounds per week, she
could supply Aci6iAvo' -.
both milk and butter. However, It Is
rot likely that Mr. Spauldlng could pe
persuaded to sell her,
-. The SpaAlding Farm
The P. Frost Spaulding farm al q
Joints the city of Warren, and is.
nicturesuue place along the Snake II.
yer. The farm comprises 1860 acres
all of which with the exception OF Ivy ~
acres of pasture land is under cult
walton. The past season the acreage
included 1000 acres Of Marquis wheat
averaging IL bushels to the acre
about 100 acres Of corn. Northwestern
Dent, 100 acres Of alfalfa, 100 acres
medium red clover, and the rest 81
vided about half and half between
oats and barley Ten acres Of pota-
toes produced sufficient potatoes for
the FARMS use and carload for ship
ping besides The pasture is titled
fleld with a mixture of blue grass
4 medium red clover, and alsike, the
blue grass pred The pas
/, ture winds along the river. and has
plenty of shade and water. There is
q flowing well for the stock. The
water is excellent, and trife soft.
'My father was q New York man
who came out to Minneapolis for his
health said Mr.. Spaulding. He
came up here and took up this land
40 years ago. This farm and the big
March farm were. owned Jointly by
nv father and Mr.. March. This farm
was known as the Fast farm. used