The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-10-02
IHUNTLEY H0LSTEIN
cow is A RECORD
MILK PRODUCER
SENII-OFFICIAL TEST SHOWS A
PRODUCTION OF 27,124.77
POUNDS FOR 345 DAYS
Record Is Exceeded only by Grace
honlngen, the Famous Holstein
OF Montana State College Herd;
and Two Lewistown Cows

An Illinois COW kicked over the
lamp that started the Chicago fire;
a Montana cow kicked over the
theory that 10OO-pound butter re-
cords could only be made under
ideal conditions. e. Il. McIer-
mand of Huntley, Montana, has
again attracted the spotlight of
the dairy world to the Treasure
State through the remarkable per-
formance of his cow, Pleasant
Grove Snowflake. This cow, I'M
lei semI-official test, produced
27,124.77 pounds of milk and
1,O69.5 pounds of butter in 345
days. She produced approximately
so pounds of milk per day, on an
average, and for several weeks
early in her test period she ave-
aged than 100 pounds per
day.
Under any condition a record of
this kind would attract considerable
attention but when it is taken into
consideration that this cow was kept
in a barn that in it's prime did not
cost over $50, was fed in the same
way and on the same feeds as the
other animals in the herd, and was
kept under farm conditions that were,
If anything, below the conditions
found on the average Montana farm,
performance is remarkable.
J.. 0. TrestsVen, dairy specialist for
the Montana State College Extension
Service, states that this record makes
Snowflake one of the highest pro-
COWS in Montana, being ex-
only by Grace Koningen owned
Montana State college, and by two
COWS owned by J. H. Hofstetter of
Lewistown.
Snowflake was purchased in North
Dakota as a heifer, being one of a
selected by R. R. Graves of
he q. S. Dairy Division for Mr.. Nc
Demand and some of his neighbors.
She freshened May 2, 1923 with her
calf and was started on semi
official test a few days later. I'm
ike most lows that make striking
'ecords, she was not especially fitted
or making a record and as a result,
,alved in ordinary condition. For
he first three weeks she was MIXED
hree times per day and was then
to four milkings for the next
our and one-half months.
During the winter she was fed all
he alfalfa hay she would eat, 40 to
0 pounds of corr silage and Is to
2 pounds of grain. The grain ra-
ion consisted of ground corn, oats
barley with a small amount of
T1n01 OF finane f1A total ,@4i
exceeding ESQ pounds.
From the standpoint of feed con-
umed in relation to the production
f milk and butter fat, the record
as a very economical one. The
roducts were worth four hundred
ollars at the least while the cost of
led was considerably less than one
alf this amount.
During the year while making this
scord, Mr.. McDermand also cared for
.ght to 10 other COWS and did his
sual farm work with the aid of
RS. McDermand. Had the COW been
tied for the test and had it been
0ssible to devote more time and at
to her, it is quite probable
lat the record would have been eV-
I greater.
According to Mr.. Tretsven, the
wv is not only a great producer but
wonderful reproducer as we'll. Her
rst daughter, Kate Korndyke Walk
Pet, freshened with her second
If, December 8, 1923, and for the
rst 40 days Of her official test
made 1867 pounds of milk and
"A pounds of butter fat. The sec
i'd daughter, Dolly Korndyke Walk
Pontiac, with her first calf made
0S5.7 pounds of milk and 1886
FUNDS of butter fat the first ITS
Lys. Both of these incomplete re-