Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-04-26
South Carolina Has Five New
Champion Dairy Cows.

Clemson College, April Is. There
are FIVE new state champions among
The various purebred animals now on
yearly Advanced Registry tests
throug ghout the state two, Holseins,
two Guernseys and one Jersey, ac-g
cording to /. R. Jones, Assistant
Dairy non, who thinks that the rapid
breaking of state milk and butter fat
records and rise in the level of lead,
ershsp indicates that South Carolina
As fast becoming promising dairy,
state.
The first record to be broken was
I IN the mature class among Holstein
COWS, Sunnycroft Butter Girl Corona,
j :SS23616, owned by h. D. Jordan,
Ridge Spring, assumed leadership in
this class with production Of
z.1s05.7 pounds of milk and 776:S43
: pounds of butter fat. She began he
test January 9, 1921, at 5 years. 10
months and % days. The former rec
ord in this class was also held by one
of Mr.. Jordan's cows, Princess Collie
( Paul End, 21o25, with 21o33.7
pounds of milk and 1893 pounds of
butter fat.
The other Holstein to break a rec
ord was Butter Girl May Johanna,
3ssG55; owned bysJ. 7. Willard, Spar
.anburg. She produced during the
year as a junior 4-year old 22S23s
pounds of milk and 764.38O pounds
of butser fat. The test was begun on
February 8, 1921 at a years, 5
months and IA days. She was put on
strictly official test for z days and
SO days Nat the start of her lactation
period, at which time she produced
65e.2 pounds of milk and 21.19S
pounds of butter fat in Z days, and
2702.l pounds of milk and s7,Ss5
pounds of fat in 80 days, the latter
also being a state record. The amount
of milk produced by Butter Girl May
johanna during the year, namely,
Sas2s.s, or 2653.9 gallons, is the
state record for all breeds and all
classes. The sire of Butter Girl May
johanna is Colantha Johanna Lad
Sth, 776S6, with Al tested daughters.
The former record in this class was
held by Mutual Maid Clothilde, 1884,
553, owned by Clemson Agricultural
College, with 10000 pounds of milk
and 4s7.17 pounds of fat.
The first Guernsey cow to break a
state record in 1922 was Blackstock's
Lily, 1O771s, owned by Whilden and
Onsrud of Sumter: AS a senior two
year-old she produced 1881 pounds
of milk containing 6oA.94 pounds of
butter fat. She began her record on
January %, 1921 at 2 years, 2
months, 20 days. The old record for
this class was, held by Roxane OF
Somerset, 74412, owned by A. /
James, Darlington, with 1868 pounds
y of milk and 564.41 pounds of butter
fat. The record of Blackstonk's Lily
when made was sufficient to place
class F second only to class A in both
milk and butter fat among South
Carolina class leaders.
I Another recent Guernsey cham.
pion among the Guernseys is Fern
of Glenville, owned by c. S. Mccall.
Bennettsville, who has broken the rec:
ord in class B by producing 1888
pounds of milk and 693.67 pounds of
fat during the year. This beats by al
most $50 pounds of fat the old rec
sord ip, this class held by Imp. Don
,:nington's Gaiety 9Th, 65901, owned
by R M. Cooper, Jr., of Wisacky.
Fern of Glenville started her record
son February 8, 1921, at 4 years, 10
IN monthS, IL days.
Keeping pace with other breeds,
South Carolina has also new Jersey
champion. This is the fine young cow,
Princess Macs Darling; 477O52, own
ed by F. F. Rainsford, Trenton. She
produced during the year as a year
ling 3051O pounds of milk and 4.59.-
80 pounds of butter fat. This record
was begun on March 10, 1921, at /
year and 9. months, and she is safe in
calf for AA class. The former record
in this class was held by Blue Fox's
Eminent Tuilp, 381524, with 8l3.7
pounds of milk and 423.56 pounds of
butter fat. The production of Frin-
cess Macs Darling makes her cham