The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-16
j. |. SELLS BULL
To ARIZONA j.
CONQUEROR TO HEAD
H0LSTEIN HERD-BLO0D LINES
ARE OF THE BEST

: The University or Idaho has re-
Gently sold the Holstein bull, Idaho
Matador Conqueror 384967, to the
University of Arizona, to head their
Holstein herd. This calf was twenty
two months of age and we'll grown
bull of good type. His bloodlines
combine some of the best families of
the Idaho herd. His two nearest
dams average 25434.S pounds of milk
and 1139.37 pounds of butter and his
three nearest dams average 225314
pounds of milk and 101S.41 pounds of
butter. In the seven day division his
two nearest dams average 1862
pounds OF milk and 335 pounds of
butter. Both his dam and sire's dam
have milzed over los pounds in one
day on strictly official test
He was sired by Matador Violet
Idaho 273447, the great show bull that
was used in our herd for two years
and now is under lease for a year
to the University OF Nebraska. Mata-
dor Violet Idaho was sired by King
Segis Matador Walker, the oldest and
best proven son of Matador Segis
Walker King Segis Matador Walker
only left us twelve daughters but out
of that number three have passed the
thousand pound of butter mark, one
has made over 10000 pounds of milk,
all under maternity, and four have
made over thirty pounds of butter
in seven days. The dam of Matador
Violet Idaho is Idaho Violet Posch
Ormsby who has three records over
1000 pounds of butter, her best be-
ing 26S12.5 pounds of milk and 125926
pounds of butter. She is the highest
record living cow owned by a state
institution, the highest record COW
in idaho, and ranks seventh in the
world among COWS with three rec
ords over a thousand pounds of but
ter. She has one proven son and two
daughters with records over $4,000
pounds of milk.
The dam of Arizona's new bull is
Idaho Segis Ormsby Girl 419573. She
has several official records, her best
being 240571 pounds of milk and
1O19.48 pounds of butter in one year.
test at four years and six
days of age. This is a state record
for Idaho and at time of completion
was the record for college owned
COWS. She has since freshened with
third calf and made 644.7 pounds of
milk and 34.8 pounds of butter in
seven days, which is the state record
for all ages in the seven day divis~
on She is now about eight months
along in this years record and shs
will beat last years records, giving
Ter two records over thousand
pounds of butter. She was sired by
King Segis Matador Walker. men
toned above and out of Ormsby Girl
md. COW that made 16724.6 pounds
# milk and 776.4S pounds of butter
S a four year old under very ordi-
ary care. Ormsby Girl 2nd left us
hree daughters that average over
90 pounds of butter at less than ma
ure age.
Thus, it is seen, Conqueror is
ouble grandson of King Segis Mata-
or Walker and has for his two
two of the best producing
nd breeding cows in our herd.
Regarding the sale of the bull to
he Arizona institution, F. w. Alike
on head Of the department of dairy
usbandry, said: eve are very glad
D see this bull find an opportunity
i such a great herd of COWS and
here his daughters will be tested.
his makes three state universities
sing Holstein bulls bred in this herd
nd in years to come. we should be
BILE to exchange proven sires of the
anne breeding and thereby, solve our
erd sire problem"