The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-15
TAKES MILK RECORD
Bella Pontiac, Canadian
Cow, Is Champion
TESTS FOR PAST YEAR
Attack of Flu Placed the Cow
q In Hands of Present
Owner

Bella Pontiac, a Canadian Hol
stein, just completed 365 day
record with 1873 pounds of butter
to her credit, thus displacing Duchess
Skylark Ormsby, the Holstein cow
owned by J. B. Irwin of Minneapolis
whose record is 1506.36 pounds of
butter.
| To make this record Bella Pontiac
produced 27,017 pounds of milk,
showing an average per cent Of
4.66 per cent butterfat and was pro-
ducing more at the end of her year
than at the tsart. This record just
completed, while showing test high.
er than the average Holstein cow. is
not any higher lin per centage OF
butter fat tnan many Holsteins, and
Holsteins will test. In fact, Duchess
Skylark Ormsby tested nearly as
high when she made her worlds
record.
The interesting thing concerning
this record is that this COW was
MIXED and cared for by her owner,
Thomas A. Barron. a young farmer.
the owner of a seventy acre farm
at Brantford, Ontario, who took
did his other farm work. Practically
all the care of the new champion
must be credited to Mr. Barron, al.
though during the Canadian National
sale, where he sold few head, Mrs.
Barron looked after the milking.
Mr.: Wilson. the supervisor, also
MIXED her about a week when Mr..
| Under Official Test.
Bella Pontiac was run the last
two months under strict official test.
Seven months after calving she
made seven day record of 1902
pounds of butter and in her fifty
| first week Of her year she made, un-
der strictly official test, 2S.05 pounds
of butter and MIXED 4S7.5 pounds of
milk, showing an average Of 4.6 per
cent fat. She weighed 1878 pounds
when she started her years work,
and nearly the same when it was
completed, weighing just tride over
1900 pounds and was in fine condi-
ton.
There Is a wonderful object lesson
in this story of Thomas Barron and
Bella Pontiac, because it shows how
the highest success can be won
| with Holstein cattle without la
capital by applying intelligence d
pains taking effort to the care of tx
| right kind of Holstein cows.
The barn in which the new chan
pion spent her year would ha il
measure up to the average dairy
barn in Canada or any section in the
fed. and looked after her wants als1
looked after the rest of the herd, AID
did the farm work besides but lei
nothing stand in the way to give
Bella Pontiac the best chance he
knew how.
What the Flu Did to Barron.
It was largely by accident that
Mr; Barron purchased this .lI. COW. To
been for an attack Of the flu, 1 prob
ably would never have owned Bella
Pontiac. was just recovering from
1t and didn't feel much like working
so took run over to Lakeside where
the estate of Alex Shaw was selling
the herd at auction. This heifer, q
three year old, came into the ring
and was about to be struck of for
$3.50, when / got in on the bid: I
liked her pretty we'll and finally she
was knocked down to me at $40
It took about all the spare change
| had to pay for her, but she looked
When Bella freshened the next
time at the age of four years and
two days her owner decided that he
would give her chance to make
year record, having become con-
vinced that If he was to get the
most out of his Holsteins he must
give his COWS a chance to show what
they would do.
Very creditabIe Performance.
She finished the year with very
creditable performance of 1O1S.76
pounds Of butter and 2012s pounds OF
milk, showing an average test Of
4.5 per cent fat. This gives her for
g total of two years production
26e1.75 pounds of butter. This also
gives her worlds record for two
finished her first record March Gath
and freshened again June 10th, hay
ing been dry but six weeks.
This one cow, Bella Pontiac has
made young Barron a wealthy man.
He Is just the common ordinary
young farmer, but believed In good
cattle, and by investing his money
in pure bred Holstein, using his
head in giving them a chance he
now has one of the most vssuable
cows in the world. He also has two
should be lesson to many a young
man to buy few purebred Holsteins,
and even though he does not meet
with the great success of Mr.. Barron
in few years he Will have a vau
able herd Of high producing nura
breds, which he will be proud 70.
own, and 1t will be q pleasure 70
care for them.
It Is hoped many young men w
read this Will resolve to keep bet
dairy cattle in the future and
n f61lnu fhn ~