The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-10
Bingham County Cow
Is a World Beater

Back in 1915 we published an ac-
count of a Bingham county calf that
started out as world beater. We
have kept track of that calf and it is
still world beater. 1t was then the
property of L. B. billiard of Black
foot; it is now the property of w. T.
Ward Of Blackfoot. 1t was heifer
calf then; it is Jersey COW now
coming six years old.
A short time ago a story was 60
ing the rounds of the press of Idaho
about the champion butter cow CIV
ing 500 pounds of butter in year.
This Jersey cow at Blackfoot made
394 pounds of butter last year that
was sold in the market besides furn-
ishing cream and butter for family
of two. In December, 1919 Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward were regretting that they
had not kept track of the amount of
butter the COW had made during the
year and decided that for 1920 it
should be carefully kept which it
was. They were living on a home
stead west of Fort Hall near the
Ferry butte and the COW was running
in the pasture in season and was fed
on hay the rest of the time, having
only a very ordinary shelter and
sleeping a good deal of the time on
the warm side of the straw pile or
hay stack Mr.. Ward does not advo-
cate that as the proper way to handle
dairy herd or a milk cow single
handed, but that was the kind of
equipment he had on the homestead
and that was the kind of treatment
the cow got. He said he did not
curry her with the milk stool at any
time nor kick her around like a
poisoned pup. He treated her kindly
and MIXED her twice a day most of
the time. When his wife was away
on a visit for a while and he had
to do the work indoors and out, he
milked her only once day, man
like and turned the table cloth over
to make it look like fresh cloth
when he was expecting his wife to
return home. Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
think they use nearly pound
of butter week besides using some
cream on the table. The Wards are
very we'll satisfied with their dairy
herd and say that if they just had
about an acre of it they would be
able to solve the high cost of living
for the other fellow.
History of the Cow
In our issue of May z, 1915 we
published the first chapter about this
20 mn cir ch
has made good in the world we think
all dairymen and other good sports
will be interested in reading the nj
PRODUCTION we gave this character
when she made her debut into the
business world. The article was pub
lished under the heading "EXercis-
ing in the River" and reads as fol-
lows:
L. B. billiard and family have
moved down between the rivers, and
when they were getting located on
the place, Mr.. billiard led the Jersey
cow to the river to drink. The calf
went along with Lee or with its
mother or both, and as the cow be-
gan to drink it occurred to Mr.. Dill
lard that calf is little chump and
generally jumps into water when its
mother drinks and he made move
to prevent this, but calfie beat him
to it. In it went, all over and its
little tail stuck up like periscope
1--WE reckon) to indicate which way it
was taking in its observations. 1t
learned to swim right away and
came to the surface and went down
stream triumphant. Mr.. Dillard pro-
iected a parallel line along the bank
dry shod, dodging around cltmps Of
brush and making vain maneuvers
from onenings in the willows. He
considered jumping in, but remem-
bered that If he did this, he too
would be wet and obliged to swim,
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