The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-07-16

Milking Shorthorn Breeders Assn.
of America saw big returns for the
farmers in the development of type
OF cattle that would be profitable
producer of milk and would also
bring a good price for its beef on
the market, the Glen Oak Farm of
New Munich operated by Pau Bros.
fifteen years ago set out to breed up
Shorthorn herd.
To breed a line of cattle that
would show high production of
milk with good test and also carry
plenty of beef has since been the
constant policy of Pau Bros, and
they have found in the Shorhorn cat
tie type which responds readily to
this method of breeding.
The result has been. that Pau
Bros, topped all patrons of the New
Munich Cooperative Creamery in the
amount of butterfat delivered to the
creamery each month for the past
eight months. During these eight
months a total of 5,912.3 pounds of
butterfat was delivered to the cream
cry, and besides, milk was used to
feed the calves and milk and cream
used for household. During these
eight months an average of rs cows
were MIXED and the average test
of the herd during this time was a
per cent butterfat.
During the month of May with 80
cows MIXED total of 1,009.7 pounds
| of butterfat was delivered to the
creamery, making an average of
1876 pounds of butterfat per cow.
Of the 80 cows MIXED that month
10 had MIXED for six months, IA
were two-year-old heifers with first
calf, and freshened after the first
of the year. All the feed fed to the
cattle was home grown, being silage,
wild hay, and ground oats.
The milk of each individual COW
is weighed and tested for butterfat
and any COW that is low in the pro-
duction of milk or butterfat is fat
tened and sold for beef. These cows
when put on the market always sell
for little better than the average,
because of the good type and fine
meat found in the Shorthorn.
In breeding up the Glen Oak herd
only sires of good type and good milk
records were used, the herd having
been headed by bulls of both Ameri-
can and English breeding.
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One of the best bulls used was
Butter Boy No. 700,762, out of Mar
garet Clay, milk record 10,103 pounds
and 404 pounds butterfat. His sire
and grand sires stood first in the
show ring and have been used in
some of the best Milking Shorthorn
herds in America. Among them is
Chief Glenside out of Rose Glenside,
the worlds record COW with 18,O75
pounds of milk for II years. An
other is Imp. Duke Buttercup sire of
many cows with record of 10000
pounds of milk and over 400 pounds
of butterfat.
The daughters Of Butter Boy are
good mixers as is shown by the fol-
lowing records, which were made
during the test which started eight
months ago and is still being conduct
ed. Maude Mae produced 4,421
pounds of milk and 1877 pounds of
butterfat in five months as two
year-old. Marietta of Glen Oak pro-
duced 5,242 pounds of milk and 1886
pounds of butterfat in six months.
Rosebud produced 6,150 pounds, of
milk and 1898 pounds of butterfat
in seven months. Red Rose End has
record of 6,1S1 pounds of milk and
27S.2 pounds of butterfat in eight
months.
Another bull used in the Glen Oak
herd was Klemscott Priemer No.
954.36S. This bull was of English
breeding being bred by R. w. Hobbs
of Worcestershire, England, and was
imported by James ]. Hill. The Klem-
stock strain is noted as one of the
best milk strains in England.
The herd sire at the present time
is Duke of Glen Oak No. 1,291,987.
He is 16 months old and of very
good type. His weight now is about
1880 pounds.
Shorthorn cattle had always been
kept on the Pau farm by Joseph
Pau before his sons, J. A. and l..
D., started their task of developing
the Glen Oak Milking Shorthorn herd,
and the Pfaus have become thorough
ly familiar with the Shorthorns, and
as a result of their interest in Short
horns have made their farming en-
joyable and more profitable.
The Glen Oak Farm is located in
the midst of prosperous dairy sec
ton of Stearns county, being east OF
New Munich and south of Freeport.
The mail address is R. /. Freeport,
MINI.
This article would not be complete
without mentioning the great success
| attained in the development of the
Shorthorn as a dual purpose COW, for
both milk and beef. Melba 18th of
Darbalara holds the worlds record
for milk and butterfat, with over
$4,000 pounds of milk and 1,614
pounds of butterfat year. Glen