The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-31
Jennisen Holstein Herd
Rapidly Forging to Front
Two 2-Year-old Heifers Make Spleen
did Showing in Seven-Day Test
Good Ones Developing

The Monarchial stock farm in Get
ty township, owned and operated by
the William Jennisen estate, is maxi
ing rapid strides in the development
of one of the best Holstein dairy
herds in this section of the state. Re-
Gently two junior 2-year-old heifers
completed seven-day tests which
proved conclusively that this herd is
being developed along the right lines.
One of these heifers, Monarchial
Bessie Maude, produced 1875 pounds
of milk and 1926 pounds of butter in
an official 7-day test. Bessie Maude
is the second daughter of King Ollie
Homestead 4th, to freshen. The first
one, however, is a grade and cannot
be officially tested, but she is milking
70 pounds of milk daily, which is GER
tainly a good start for sire of his
age.
The former head of the Monarchial
stock farm herd is King Ollie Home
stead, 4th, grandson of Piebe Laura
Ollie Homestead King, the sire of May
Walker Ollie Homestead, former
American champion butter producer
with a record of 1,523.25 pounds of
butter, and 31,610.6O pounds of
milk. "Piebe" will soon have second
daughter, completing record of
over 1400 pounds of butter in
year.
King Ollie Homestead 4th was
formerly in service in the Jennisen
herd, and besides this 7-day tested
daughter he has over Is daughter
daughters in this herd who will be
given a chance on the 7-day test as
we'll as on yearly tests.
Many Herald readers will remem-
Der King Ollie Homestead 4th at the
Stearns county fair as he won first
prize as calf under one year, first
prize as a Junior yearling, second
prize as a junior two-year-old, second
prize as a senior three-year-old, and
also first prize and grand champion
at the Brooten Community fair in
1928. b.. =
The other heifer, Monarchial Laura
Homestead, is a full sister to this
sire. She made 1929 pounds of
butter and gave 507.4 pounds of
milk in 7-days. This heifer is owned
by Miss Lena Jennisen, "a calf club
member, who won first prize in Ca8f
Club class at the Minnesota state
fair last fall, and was also reserve
champion at the state fair. Monar-
chial Laura Homestead WIS also the
first prize winner and grand cham
pion at the Brooten Community fair
last fall. At the Stearns county fair
in 1923 at Sank Centre, she won first
in Calf Club class and first in the
open class. In 1923 she took second
in the club and open classes.
The herd sire now used in the
Jennisen herd is also a grandson of
"Piebe" out of thirty-pound four
year-old. He also proved himseH at
the fairs this fall, winning second
prize at the Stearns county fair, and
first prize at the Brooten Community
fair. He is being used on the daugh-
tiers of King Ollie Homestead,
Fourth, and his progeny are every
thing that could be expected of a
great sire. A number of these calves
will be shown at the Stearns County
Fair this fall.
In the Sank Centre cow testing
association, the Jennisen herd also
proved itself when five of the cows
won the ribbons of merit by produc-
ing over one pound of butterfat. per
day. With such splendid. start the
owners of the herd regard its future
development with much interest and
satisfaction.