The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-08-04
.LYNDEN BULL WINS
FAME IN FAR CHINA
Sire Donated to Missionary BY b. c.
Crabtrce Is First Pure-Bred i'm In-
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become the most famous animal of
the Far East. is recounted in the
following article from the Washing
ton Farmer of this week:
That a Jersey bull from western
Washington has been a true mission
airy to the Chinese people is the tes-
timony of the Rev. Horace w. Hould-
ing. Mr.. Houlding is missionary
who has been laboring in the pro-
vince of Chih-Li, China. where fam
inc is raging, where people die on the
roadside from starvation and where
mothers offer to sell their babies
for few cents to keep themselves
and the rest of their children alive
for few days or hours.
AS the result of drouth lasting
over three years, during which almost
every green thing has perished in
Guiding orchard trees, little dairy
herd kept at the Orphanage farm at
the Rev. Holdings mission is still
intact and producing the life-giving
fluid of the COW. This farm has been
the main support of 1465 children
during the last year. A native alf-
alta, extremely hardy, grows when
nearly all else is dead, and even
when wells go dry sends its roots
deep down to the water strata and
keeps green. Mr.. Houlding discov-
cred this soon after he entered the
country and has made good use of
the fact. The little orphanage, in
spite of the drouth, has on its limit
ed area a fine stand of alfalfa. The
silos have been filled and. with pas
turage from the legume, besides the
cuttings, the dairy herd has been a
bulwark against the inroads of the
famine.
Mr.. Houlding is now in this coun-
try with the main purpose of intro
ducing the dairy COW into China. In
an interesting manner he tells of his
experience with cows in China. He
had two small children when he en-
tered the Chinese mission field, near
iy 20 years ago. While he and his
wife had no trouble in adapting them
selves to the Chinese mode of living.
he could not think of having his chill
dren deprived of the use of milk. He
tried to make use of the native cows.
But the Chinaman had never looked
upon his COW as a milk animal. He
uses her as a beast of burden. She
gives a little milk for her calf and
although, by strategy and at the risk
of limb, if not of life. little milk
was secured-perhaps a small cup
full from a COW, it was inadequate
and unsatisfactory.
Appealing to America for aid. the
late big-hearted D. S. Troy, of CHM
acum, Wash, contributed a pure
bred Jersey COW. When B. c. Crab
tree of Lynden, Wash, was told of
conditions he asked, How about a
bull?" That the reverend gentle
man did not know much of the prin-
ciples of breeding is indicated by the
fact that he said he would use ma
tive bulls. Before he left, however,
Mr.. Houlding became convinced of
the necessity for a good bull for his
own COW, or herd, and that bull of
the right sort might work great i'm
provement on the native cows. The
result was that Mr.. Houlding took
back, along with the COW, as Mr..
| iCrabtree's gift and with his blessing
htnn In
Koliander, bred by himself. Now the
orphanage has a herd, still small, of
high standard of production. Since
then Holsteins and Ayrshires have
many, many lives during the season
of famine.
But this is only part Of the story.
Mr.. Crabtree's bull was bred to the
native cows with astonishing results.
One COW, only a second cross from the
native type that gives the scant cup
full of milk, has produced over 300
pounds of buterfat in a year. Mr..
Houlding says the prepotency OF the
Jersey bull when crossed on native
COWS Is netting wonderful. lie
says the Chinese, who have been so
long ignorant of the value of the
dairy COW, now want cows and are
willing to pay for them. The sur
plus from the mission herd, started
in 1908, has been sold at from $400
to $500 each. and these were only
grades-crosses from American Jer-
sey bulls on the non-milking native
stock. He says the bull from Mr..
Crabtree's herd may be immortalized
by the Chinese. He adds that in nor
NAL years conditions and feed for
dairying are ideal.
Mr.. Houlding arrived in San Fran
cisco only comparatively few weeks
ago. He is visiting leading breed