Middletown transcript., 1922-03-18
DELA.'S ACCREDITED HERD

The largest herd of registered cattle
in the United States to be placed on
the Federal Accredited List of Tuber-
culosis Free Herds is owned in the state
OF Delaware.
This famous herd of Holstein cattle
is the properly OF III. F. dupont and is
maintained at his Winterthur Farm s,
Winterthur, Delaware. The Winterthur
Farms herd is not only one of the
largest herds (400 head OF dairy cattle
in the country but is considered one of
the very best. Probably more official
yearly records for both milk and butter
production are made each year in this
herd than in any other herd in the east.
Each year from forty to sixty cows
complete either l0-month or yearly
records. One hundred and forty-six
cows have completed what are known
as semi official records and together
produced to average over 70l-lbs. of
butter and l6, o34- lbs. of milk, and but
few of them We're mature cows at the
time the records were made
Bess Johanna .Ormsby and her dam
Spring Brook Boss Burke 2d, both mem
bers of the Winterthur Farms herd. are
probably two of the most widely known
cows of the Hostein breed. The form
er holds the world s record in her class,
having produced over l000-lbs of butter
each lactation period for three con-
secutive years. Her records nj 4de at
the age of four years were lO43-lbs. of
butter and 1043-lbs of milk. At five
years she produced 1886. lbs. of butter
and II ,5lo-lbs. of milk, and at six years
lOO2-lbs. of butter and 1871 lbs. of
milk: All of these records were made
& 4.
305-day division.
Bess Burke I'd, was long known as the
worlds largest dairy COW, tipping the
scales at over 2225-lbs Not only is
Spring Brook Bess Burke "a very
large cow, but she has proved to be
one OF the worlds best butter pro-
ducers, having produced over 1000 It's.
of butter per year for four different
years. der beat yearly production was
lI9O-lDs. Both this COW and her daugh-
ter have MIXED well over lO0-lbs. a dav
on several occasions
One of the senior herd sires at Win
terthur is King of the Ormsbys Ga full
brother to Bess Johanna Ormsbv)
Ihls bull is considered by many expert
Holsteln breeders one of the most val
liable bulls of the breed. One of his
first daughters to freshen recently
made 23-lhs of butter in z davs as a
two-year old. Only few of his daugh
ters have thus far freshened, due to the
fact that he is young bull.
Another herd bull in service at Win
terthur Farms is Sir Inka Prilly Sepis.
This bull is son of the famous King
Segls who was long known as one of
the greatest sires of the Holsten
breed. Sir !nka Prilly Segis now has
over 80 daughters in the Winterthur
herd and over 35 of these have com
pleted yearly records r both milk and
butter production.
1t is expected that in a short time
more daughters of Sir Inka Prtlv Segis
will have made official yearly records
than the daughters of any other bull
of the breed.
The get of this bull are splendid show
animals daughter winning first prize
in her class and grand Championshin
honors at the Delaware State Fair
in both 1920 and 1921. A son of Sir
lnka Prllly Segis was first prize and
Grand Champion bull at Trenton. N !
In 1920 and still another son won The
same honors at West Chester in 1920
Through the distribution of voung
breeding bulls the blood of MANY IF
these famous animals has found its wav
into large number of herds in this
and adjoining states. In March 1921
az or these young bulls were sold at
public auctioH and over 50 per cent. of
these animals were purchased by dairy
men ID flolsteln breeders in delaware