The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-12
It'll lSA HERD WINS
ON LATEST TOUR
White City Jerseys Take
Many Ribbons at Fairs
in Middle West
OPERATED BY BADEN
White City Farm Begun as a
Diversion Becomes One of
Most Famous in State

From broken prairie, Inter-
s,ersed her and there with oil and
gaa wells. to the largest and most
r,odern Jersey dairy south OF Kan
.,s CITY Mo, with the single cxcep-
,Ion OF the famous Falfurrias Jersey
,,rm. al Falfurrias, Texas. Is what
M white city Jersey farm, east OF
Tulsa. has grown to be.
Eslblished in 1913 by Glenn r.
p-aden. a pioneer oil andgas opera
,nr and head Of the oklahoma Nat
s,al Gas company for many years II
Eas NJ first intended as a means for
amusing Bradcn. who has always
Icyed -blooded cattle and ami
nh Of all kinds. The dairy was
jr do1 in the center of an S00-acre
tract affording a wonderful scheme
10 build from. step by step the dairy
plant has been improved until to-
day It is regarded as one of the
most complete N the country.
Practically ScIf-Sustaining.
While Braden has not stinted his
able and efficient manager, Henry
Stebblns, in building UP the farm
and dairy herd. yet, thanks to the
almost unlimited demand from the
people OF Tulsa for good milk. the
white City Jersey farm has been
able to earn part of its way, the re-
celpts running from $4,000 to s., 900
monthly. Sale of eggs poultry and
the great assortment of pets that
are also bred and raised on the
beautiful farm, make 1t nearly self
supporting.
The dairy herd has been made sec
ond to none. and every year "A fine
herd has been sent around the fair
circuit and the beautiful Jerseys
never fail to bring home blue rib
bons. This year the tour has been
Awritable reception for the collec-
TIA of first prizds has been some
what astounding, although neither
Braden nor Stebbins will admit that
the verdict OF the show judges could
have been influenced otherwise.
All Raised In Tulsa County.
The II animalA were all bred and
raised on the White City Jersey
lfarm, and this is another feather In
the cap Of the exhibitors. proving
that oklahoma pasture. feed and
water can be used to develop prize
winning dairy cattle.
The first fair visited this year was
at Carthage. Mo, where they won
first In every class shown. 13. and
also walking away with the champ
ionship for junior bull calf. The
Tulsa herd was then moved to the
Centennial fair at Sedalia. Mo-,
where. against nationwide competi-
ton, they took eight second prizes
and one first, besides the champion
junior bull.
In Iowa they captured seven
,irs;s and nine seconds at the grca,
Des Moines' fair. AT the Nebraska a
state fair, held at Lincoln, they took
IL firsts, two seconds and one
fou,,h .opping off the capture with
the sei n champion bull; Junior
shampion bull and junior champion
heller.
Herd Is Touring Country.
This week the Braden herd of Jer-
aeys will be seen 1t the Kansas state
fair In Topeka, and then come home
Tor the Tulsa county free fair. From
here they will go to the Oklahoma
state free fair in Muskogee; the
Texas state fair at Dallas; the Louis
~ state fair at Shreveport; the
.Corn palace show at Waco. Texas
and then home.
The White City Jersey farm
show herd is an all-Tulsa outfit.
said Stebblns, ~ of the II animals
being bred by one bull, Tulsa Chief
bred and raised here. He is himself
i inm our second generation %
ca,es. Five of The animals ar,
hJf the same sire and dam. anC
ihe genoalogy of the cows shows
three generations on either side"
W, j. Mckinney took charge o
,he herd on the trip. being assisted
by John d. Moss.
Tulsa Boy the aged bull OF tn,
Braden herd is i-yoar old animal
while Eventide Bell Boy. Is I
S-year-old.