Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
IAPAN WILL HEAR
MOTHER OF MARQUISE
u,s. 6. r. Henning, Of Interna-
.,oraI Fame as Stock Breeder,
TO Discuss Dairying
n, n star Correspondent

.u.rtic city, Aug. 15.-Four hum
.,;ies oway from her beloved blue
drea Kentucky. Mrs. 8. T. Henning,
grsss rsss,ot;onajIy known as head OF al
a,,s in.e stock farm at Shelbyville, Ky,
lapJ .s Jiscoyered today In Atlantic City.
W1I Mrs Henning is the mother OF the
,,aro,,ise de Charette. whose marriage
~ suzanne Henning to Marquis DE.
sscendeJ directly from King Charles
- France was attended by notabies OF
tro continents. 1t Is with the Marquise
sJ srJ her little daughter. suzanne, now
yisit to America, that she Is stay
ins at the shore.
,.r,a In the same way some magnates
To- their corporations, to find her sit
t t,ms leis,rely on the porch Of big sea-
sna,e s,nus hotel would not be at all sur.
s,;.,noy But this Is a different sort OF
arcctinp. It is not done over the longs
Sstance telephone nor, II may be added,
oysr a tray sent up for breakfast In
bed. -,
.T am up at $50 every morning.
,be explained placidly, '.and very soon
sftcr that l am out making the rounds
~ the barns and the farms. There
;s Of course, a we'll l-appointed ofiice,
hit IL is strictly utilitarian as well as
beautiful. I am in 1t every morning.
Sold Jersey Bull for $1,000
For many years the Hennings have
figured prominently in New YORK. hen-
trcky and continental social circles.
Millions have backgrounded their com.
ings and goings. but all of,this does nCt
sat;sfaction as the fact that at her last
sale one Jersey bull alone proved
of such pure breed and record that he
bro,,pht $1,000. A pair of twin calves
brolisht $1,000 and the average per head
NJ the whole sale was $500, which was
Mrs. Henning has been asked by the
Emperor of Japan to come to his coun.
try with an interpreter and lecture on
dairying. 1t is quite likely that she
"Ifow did come to get into itr
Mrs. Hcnning said. Her voice was
pleasantly low and her face OF tnat at
tractive gentleness that goes with re-
Snement of feature. Her eyes are blue
and she smiles frequently.
,,,tn".d 1.-The story FSes and mdS now SSsN partly
covered by the farms was an original
Colonial grant to Major Allen. My
mother was an Allen. She was a
widow and the responsibility. OF the
farms eventually fell on her shoulders.
She went to the Island of Jersey her
self and brought back the first Jersey
ever brought into Shelby County. To-
day there are more Jerseys In the
county than on the Island OF jersey
ITSELF"
took over the direction of the farms.
shortly afterward she made trip 10
the Island of Jersey and brought back
went into the project determined to
leave nothing unlearned that had any
bearing on it. As result she now
holds the record for milk and butter
production in the State Of KENTUCKY,
and also holds the grand championship.
Recently commission from Japan
selected her place as a model stock farm
to take moving pictures Of for showing
in Japan. ,,..,.
The Marquise, who with her little
daughter Suzanne is here on visii
from France, is keenly interested II
her mothers work, and will return "a
Kentucky to accompany her on trlp
she will shortly make showing her Jer.
seys. This interesting mother, by the M
way, Is the only woman member OF th'
American Jersey Cattle Club.
During the war Mrs. Henning. added
to her activities the breeding OF hogs
Only the very finest are selected fol
selling. For instance. at a sale TO S .,
held in September. only fifty from 2V|
bred will be put forth. The "culls'-
the word is Mrs. Henning 's-will be pu
through the smoke house and put OF
the market as country ham and bacon
The entire product of the culls al
ready has been sold.
The original grant of land to Malo
Allen was 5000 acres. Thousands OF Wis
itors to the Blue Grass region do no
consider their tour complete without
tour Of the Allen Dale Farms. and tn
register contains the names of celebri
ties from all over the country. No
the most unheralded of these were tn
four grandsons of Brigham Young.