White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-11
Henry Ford Buys
4yrshires

interest to Washington Ayrshire
breeders is the news just received
Of the purchase by Henry Ford Of
100 purebred Ayrshire cows, from
the Gossard Breeding Estate of In
diana These animals are the direct
descendants Of the famous Willow
moor herd of Redmond, Washington,
bought in it's entirety from ]. W.
elise by H. w. Gossard, in 1918.
OF the Ford purchase, the secre
tary of the Ayrshire Breeders Asso-
citation, writes:
"A foundation herd of 100 Ayr
shire cows has been established by
Henry Ford on his 9,000-acre farm
at Dearborn, Michigan. The desire
that patients at the Ford General
Hospital where the farms output Of
milk will be consumed may have the
highest quality of milk obtainable
leads to the selection of the Red
and White breed.
.'The entire foundation herd, 100
females and three males, is supplied
by the Gossard Breeding Estates
from it's Ravinia Farm at Martins
Vile, Indiana. The transaction is
regarded by Ayrshire interests as be-
ing of greatest significance in the
breed since the Willowmoor herd
was purchased in Washington by H.
w. Gossard in 1918 and shipped to
Ravinia Farm. The COWS going to
Dearborn are big, straight-topped,
capacious milking animals with the
large, wel-formed udders character
site Of the breed. Most of them are
descendants Of the great individuals
developed at Willowmoor, most not
able of which are Beuchan Peter
Pan and Lily of Willowmoor. Bulls
carrying the blood of these two have
been used at Ravinia to the ex-
clusion of out crosses, for the reason
that they combine in striking fash
ion Ayrshire breed type with ability
at the pail. Beuchan Peter Pan Is
the greatest Ayrshire bull ever own
ed in America as indicated by show
yard winnings and the production of
ais daughters. He has more tested
daughters than any other Ayrshire
sire, Sc averaging 11,OO9 pounds of
milk, 431.S1 pounds of fat. He was
a champion in Scotland and in this
country. his show yard winnings in
cluded the purple ribbon at the Ma
tional Dairy Show and the Panama
Pacific Exposition.
Lilly of Willowmoor leads the
breed with her five-year cumulative
record of 84,891 pounds of milk and
3,362.15 pounds of fat. Her best
years work was 22,596 pounds of
milk and 955.56 pounds of fat, which
is the largest amount Of fat yet
made by an Ayrshire COW. She was
a large, vigorous, straight COW, capa
BILE not only of holding her own in
production but of making good
showing in the ring. At the Panama
Pacific Exposition she was reserve
champion in the open classes and
leading official record cow in both
the junior and senior classes.
Fortunately the qualities Of this
famous sire and dam are preserved
in their descendants. The three
young bulls purchased by Mr.. Ford
are all backed by heavy milk records.
One is a grandson and a great grand
son of Beuchan Peter Pan out of a
COW with record of 1878 pounds
of milk; second Is grandson
whose dam made 1902 pounds of
milk and 714.96 pounds of fat as a
3-year-old; and the third is the son
of COW whose record is 1880
pounds of milk
"Ayrshires have been selected for
the Ford General Hospital because
of the character of their milk. A
number Of hospitals and other public
institutions in the Eastern States
have kept medical records demon.
strating highly successful results
when the per cent milk Of the
Red and Whites is used. The pro
portion OF its several nutrients and
the smallness of its fat globules are
thought by dieticians to be strong
factors in the marked Improvement
4 of the patients receiving 1t. So
highly satisfactory has the milk
proved that the Ford General Hos
pital, one of the greatest of its kind
in the world, is, through the purchase
of this herd, to give Ayrshire milk a
part in restoring to health those who
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