Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-18

growing list Of tested daughters. He
Is a 29-pound bull and Is a brother to
nine 20-pound and a great list of A.
r. 8. O. cows. His five nearest dams
average yer 80 pounds Of butter in
seven days. :
Eyes, these cows are ali well Bred"
replied Mr.. O'Connor in answer to
the visitors question regarding his
refusal to sell them. Three of them
trace back three times to old Sir Piet.
I was offered $500 each for two of
those when they were yearlings. and.
last fall I turned down an Offer of
$4,000 for each of them. I wanted to-
keep the Ormsby line, as I plan to
have a permanent herd and wanted
to have the best I could get. When
one of these cows was a Junior I sold
a bull calf off her for $1,000. He was
8 months old and weighed 720 pounds.
"Menita Medine is my best old COW.
I bought her from Enright and paid
$500 for her. I refused ar offer of
1900 for one of her daughters by
'41st.' I didn't want to sell any Of the
Ormsby strain. 1 intend to build my
herd up to about 49,"
Test Record.
The following items copied from
the official testers records for the
O'Connor cows are unusually interest
ing:
i. Belle Maid Ormsby 4oe226.
born 2-13-1s17. 20 days production:
Milk, 1861 lbs; butter. 67.722 lbs.
| $40. born 12-5-'16. II I-2' days pro-
duction: Milk, 1876 lbs; butter,
59.555 lbs. ~
3. C~ornucopia Duchess Ondet 455-
321 born 3-15-'1s. 20 days produce
ton: Milk, 10So.9 lbs; butter, 4l.58
lbs. .m
4. Belmont Queen Pietertje. born
2-14-'19. IS days production: Milk,
CLOS lbs: butter. 2a.sSs lbs.
Best days production:
1. Milk, 81 pounds: butter, 4.361.
2. Milk. s3.4 pounds: butter. 3 as.
4. Milk. 5a.3 pounds: butter. 1855,
A.. Milk. SOL pounds: butter, $3.50
Cornucopia Duchess Ondit is a halt
sister of the new champion Of Min
nesota. Princess Aaggie Poikadot Dc
Kol. holding Minnesota's state rcccr;1
for senior 4-year-olds. with a record
of Ss0.G in I days: 3442.9 lbs. milk
I144.29 lbs. butter in so days.
I There are just ten cows milking or
the O'Connor farm. and they bring in
at present. 50 per day, the milk being
sold wholesale.
The cows are fed four times a day
and receive about I. Ia pounds o: q
mixture of bran. corn n c~ottonseed
oil meal. about 10 pounds Of ens!age
alfalfa. and some potatoes. beets and
carrots. The vegetables are kept ir
the potato pit and are as firn az
when" they We're pat in Ian fall. The
cows have all the water they want. al.
ways fresh. before them. An abund,
ance of water is supplied by an ar
tesian we'll 1875 feet deep. 1t runs
first into. the milk house. where 7,
cools the cans Of milk, and then into
the trough for the cows. The water
is of excellent quality.
Feeding Methods.
Mr.. O'Conner has an ensi,age cut.
ter which he attaches with a bloWei
to the hay nov. He uses it. for II
ting all the hay that is. fed to the
cows. He says ii will cut a ton in az
hour and a half and that the hay thu.
cut will go about half as far agar
as the uncut. He uses a five horse"
power gasoline engine to drive thu
cutter and blower. Two men car
operate it. The hay thus cut is a grea
deal better for the cattle and ais,
eliminates waste. Only alfalfa hay :!
used on the O'Conncr farm, about 81
acres being raised annually. They sci
about half of the crop and still havs
plenty to carry over. feeding Is hors
es, Is head of cattle and giving a lit,
tie to the 1875 Duroc Jersey hogs.
The Holstein -Fresian Association
has just voted Mr.. O'Connor a lit,
membership. The O'Connor Holste;n!
are all or The state accredited list. ant
a certificate from the North Dako ! F,
state live stock sanitary board. SHOW
that they are free from tuberculosis
The Belmont farm contains LOO,
acres of tie finest land in the Ret
River valley, and is one of the SHOW
places in the vicinity OF Grand Forks