The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-11-16
idaho OWNED cow
MAKES new RECORD
UNIVERSITY FIRST COLLEGE TO
DEVELOP PRODUCER OF
10000 POUNDS OF MILK

SU,OUO IOONDS UF mfLh
Official announcement from the
HOlstEin-F'riesian association OF
Amererica that the Holstien cow. Ida
ho Segis Lily, owned by the Univer-
sity of Idaho, has been credited with
production of 30,0152 pounds OF
milk and 953.11 pounds of butterfat
equivalent to 1191.39 pounds of but
ter has been received by Prof. F. w
Atkeson, head of the universtiy's de-
partment of dairy husbandry.
The achievement means that the
University of Idaho has developed the
first college owned COW to make 30,-
600 pounds of milk
Highest Record Cow
By this production she becomes the
highest record COW for milk produc-
tion owned by a state agricultural
college, being the first one to pass
the 10000 pound mark. She also be-
comes the highest record senior four
year old of any breed, for both fat
and milk production by college own
ed cows, thereby giving the Univer-
sity of Idaho three out of the seven
class leaders for all breeds among
Lily is now the champion milk cow
of Idaho, displacing her stable mate,
Idaho Violet Posch Ormsby, who held
the record with 26,S12.5 pounds of
milk. Lily captured by wide mar
gin the state record for both milk
and butterfat in the senior four year
old class, displacing Idaho Favorite,
another University of Idaho COW.
I'll fot OF DO
ond highest in Idaho for any age or
breed.
Up to October 1, 1923 the number
Of COWS in the world that had passed
the thirty Thousand mark totaled
forty-eight and excluding the Can
adian cows, we have forty-five Thus
Lily is the forty-ninth COW in the
world to produce 10000 pounds of
milk and she now ranks forty-sixth
among the great milk producers of
he world and forty-third among the
COWS of the United States.
Of the forty-eight thirty-thousand
pound COWS only twelve were both
bred and developed by the same firm.
Since Idaho Segis Lily was bred on
he University farm, she puts the
University of Idaho among the very
elect list of eleven breeders IN the
world that have bred and developed a
hirty thousand pound milk produc-
ng cow
At the beginning of the record, Lily
made a seven day record of 608.1
POUNDS of milk and 3O.OS3 pounds of
utter, and thirty day record of
1892 pounds of milk and 123.725
ounds of butter She made with
irst calf as a junior three year old
9,366.2 pounds of milk and 76O74
ounds of butter. All of the above
ecords were state records when
lade.
Idaho Segis Lily was sired by King
egis Matador Walker, the oldest and
est proven son of Matador Segis
Walker. King Segis Matador Walk
r is three-quarters the same blood
S Segis Pictertje Posopect. He left
My twelve daughters but three
ave passed the thousand pound of
utter mark and several others look :
ood for that amount. The dam of
laho Segis Lily is Idaho Lily Butter
irl De Kol who has a record of TO-
95.7 pounds of milk and 1888 pounds
butter in a year.
"The most pleasing thing to us I
bout this record" said Professor {
tkeson, sis the fact that Idaho Segis
lily is the result of three generations
breeding on the University of Ida {
D farm. 1t shows what can be ac- c
in a comparatively short
eriod of years as our Holstein herd
as established in 1911. Idaho Segis G
lily is the fifth COW during the past
ear in our herd of nineteen milking S
,ws to produce thousand pounds n
butter in year and all were bred a
the farm" t