Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-02
Oregon Jerseys
Win 81 Per Cent
Of 1920 Medals

700 or more pounds Of butterfa
during the year OF 1920, 22 med
ais, or 81 per cent OF all awards
were won by Oregon cows, regard
less Of the fact that but 4 Y pc
cent OF registered Jersey stock Q
the country is in the state. Ohio
with 1871 per cent Of the Jerse.
stock OF the county, was secon'
with nine medals.
Seven OF the 10 cows that woi
more than one medal each by yir
4me Of their records are 0regUV
Jerseys. OF the 10 highest butter
fat producers for 1920, five wer'
In Oregon herds.
In the list Of sires represented
Jy medal winning daughters. val
-sntine's Ashburn Baronet, hero
sire in the ]. M. Dickson G. soz
herd at shedd is the premier Jer.
eey herd sire in America, with
daughters holding five Of the 1872
medals. Kinda Lad of S. B.. sire
In the G.. @. Hewitt herd at Inde-
pendence, was second with daugn-
ters holding four OF the medals
Poppy st. Mawes, with two medal
winners Is tied for third placa
with an eastern bull and ii.
Mawes Of Ashburn. also a Dick
son sire, is one OF four In fourth
place with two gold medal daugh-
ters. Golden CLOVIS Chief ranks
fifth with one gold and one silver
medal TO his credit. Thus an Ore
gon bull appears in the first five
place in the list OF producing sires
for 1890.
Heading the list Of breeders OF
medal winners for the nation is
Mr.. Dickson in first place, with
seven medals; Mr. Hewitt. end,
with four medals, Ed Cary, 4th,
with three medals. and o. Pickard
and 4. J. Farnman, 7th, with two
medals. All are Oregon breeders.
In the ranking OF states the po-
sition that Oregon has attained is
nothing short OF remarkable. ac-
cording to the opinion OF cattle
breeders OF the state With 1914
animals registered, Oregon sue
ceeded In placing over twice as
many medals as her nearest rival
state, Ohio, with 6027 animals
registered. or over three times as
many head. Maine, also with nine
medals. tied Ohio in number. but
Ohio had eight gold and one
bronze medals while Maine had
seven gold and two bronze.
The leading Jersey butterfat
producer OF the country, Plain
Mary, Ayredale Stock Farm,
Maine. defeated her nearest rival.
Viye La France, owned by Pickard
Bros. Marion, Oregon. by a mar
gin OF 10 OF a pound, for the en-
tire year, the two records being
I040.Os pounds and 1O3929
pounds. respectively. They were
the only two Jerseys in the coun-
try to go over the 10O0-pound
mark.
Following are the ten leading
Jersey bntterfat producers OF
1920: Pain Mary 26S2O6, Ayre-
dale Stock Farm. Bangor. Maine.
i040.0S pounds: vive La France
Pickard Bros. Marion,
Oregon 1039.29 pounds; Lucky
Farce 2ss177. A. w. Murphy. !
Cleveland, Ohio. 93s.75 pounds
Gwendola Rosaire 3OST32. +. A.
Doerfler, silyerton. Oregon. 9I9.SS
pounds: Minetta OF Ashwood $780,
e62, N. II. Smith, Oregon City,
s6O.36 pounds; Fauvie's
Star 31301S. A. V. Barnes, New
Canaan. Conn. S5S.S3 pounds:
Gold Louise's Lois 33I4Os. T. S.
Spokane, Wash, S4I.89
pounds; Lads Likeness s3S246. f.
Rogers, Monmouth. Oregon. !
ss4.0s pounds; Rosaire's Chimes
I299l3. d. Perkins, Carlton. Ore
ION, S2s.S2 pounds; Jap sayda'
baroness 321Ss5. Aver & MeKin-
icy. Meridith. N. Y. S23.s9
bounds.
The analysis OF the list shows
hat all records of previous years
ave been exceeded. both as to the
lumber OF medals won aud total
lumber Of animals competing The
ledals will be distributed among
6 herds. which indicates that In
Il four corners OF the United
tates high-producing Jerseys are
lund. I
Nineteen states are included '
mong those that win receive G
wards. their respective standings
cling as follows oregon Is gold.
silver and / bronze medals:
bio. gold and one bronze med Y
s; Maine, gold and two brop.s
edals; Massachusetts,. five gold
I'd one silver medals; Washing
n. ; gild medals: New York. 3
I'D medals North Carolina, two
I'D medals: Virginia, gold
edals; Vermont. gold and
onR medals; California. gold
d one bronze medal: Michigan.
ssouri' Texas. Maryland. ni- =,
Is. Kentucky, Utah. Minnesota !, =
1 Connecticut. 1 gold medal -
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Five Accidents Fatal. NJ
I'VE fatalities resulting from =