The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-02
HOLSTEIN
is A RECORD
MILK PRODUCER
SEMI-OFFICIAL TEST SHOWS A
PRODUCTION OF 27,124.77
POUNDS FOR $40 DAYS
Record Is Exceeded only by Grace
Koningen, the Famous Ho1stein
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 1OOO-pound butter re-
cords could only be made under
ideal conditions. e. T. McDer-
mand of Huntley, Montana, has
again attracted the spotlight of
the dairy world to the Treasure
State through the remarkable per
Torrance of his COW, Pleasant
Grove Snowflake. This COW, I'M
der semi-official test, produced
27,124.77 pounds of milk and
1,069.5 pounds Of butter in 345
days. She produced approximately
80 pounds Of milk per day, on an
average, and for several weeks
early in her test period she aver
aged more 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,
the 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-
ducing cows in Montana, being ex-
celled only by Grace KOningen owned
by Montana State college, and by two
owned by J.. HI. Hofstetter of
Snowflake was purchased in North
Dakota as a heifer, being one of a
carload selected by R. R. Graves of
the U. S. Dairy Division for Mr.. Nc
Demand and some of his neighbors.
She freshened May 2, 1928 with her
fourth calf and was started on semi
test a few days later. I'm
like most COWS that make striking
records, she was not especially fitted I
for making a record and as a result,
calved in ordinary condition. For
first three weeks she was MIXED
three times per day and was then
changed to four milkings for the next
four and one-half months.
During the winter she was fed all
the alfalfa hay she would eat, 40 to
so pounds of corn silage and Is to
% pounds of grain. The grain ra-
ion consisted of ground corn, oats
barley with a small amount of
inseed meal at times, the total not
exceeding $50 pounds.
From the standpoint of feed con-
umed in relation to the production
# milk and butter fat, the record
vas a very economical one. The
'roducts were worth four hundred
.ollars at the least while the cost of
eed was considerably less than one
alf this amount.
During the year while making this
ecord, Mr.. McDermand also cared for
light 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 |
ossible to devote more time and at
to her, it is quite probable
nat the record would have been ev-
n greater.
ACCOluluS " NIL. IlOlSFSu, IuG III
)w is not only a great producer but
wonderful reproducer as well. Her
rst daughter, Kate Korndyke Walk
: Pet, freshened with her second
llf, December 8, 1928, and for the
rst lao days of her official test
le made 1867 pounds of milk and
81 pounds of butter fat. The sec-
I'D daughter, Dolly Korndyke Walk
Pontiac, with her first calf made
085.7 pounds of milk and 1885
ounds of butter fat the first It's
ays. Both of these incomplete re-