Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-05-28
New Worlds Record
For Butter Production

What is stated by dairy cattle au-
thorities to be a new worlds record
in production for milk cows over 1914
years of age, has just been established
BY Belle Bouy's Violet IL year old,
pure-bred Guernsey COW owned by j.
c. Penney, internationally known
merchant and agriculturist
Belle Buoy's Violet was put on test
on April End, 1880, and was MIXED
steadily for 365 days
For the first five and half months
of the test period, she was MIXED twice
d day and for the remaining six and
half months, she was MIXED three
times day. The total production dur
ing the 1855 day period, was 1925 lbs.
Of milk and $50 lbs of butter fat.
This exceeds the best previous pro-.
duction record by any COW over 1919
years Of age, all breeds included, by
slightly over seven lbs of butter fat.
During the test period this record
breaking COW was pastured day and
night and during the winter months
was fed all Of the silage, wet beet pulp,
mangels alfalfa, and clover mixed
hay very largely home grown, she
would eat. Her average daily grain
ration was eleven pounds and she con-
sumed total of 4015 pounds of grain
during the year period At the begin
ming of the test, she weighed 1860
pounds and at the finish, weighed 1880
pounds.
The Importance Of this record, ac-
cording to the best dairy authorities.
rests in proof Of the continued high
productive ability Of the Guernsey
dairy COW maintained under practical
farm conditions.
The usual age at which cows have
heretofore been considered at the peak
Of their productive capacity has been
about years
Treated from the viewpoint Of dairy
economics. Belle Boup's Violet, at the
age of IA yeass, finished test dur
ing which she produced more than six
times as much butter fat in the twelve
months period as the average Ameri-
can dairy COW and over three times
rs much as the average top performer
in the most highly developed dairy
centers.
Belle Bouy's Violet is figured as a
prize winner in several large dairy
shows being the fourth prize four year
old COW and third prize junior A. r.
COW at the National Dairy Show in
1921; End prize junior A. r. COW Ma
tional Dairy Show 1922; End prize Aged
Cow Trenton Interstate Fair, 1926
Previous performances of Belle
Bouy's Violet include the following:
Glass G-10,149.3 lbs. milk, SGT. 89 lbs.
fat.
Class B-14,316.7 lbs. milk, 1906 lbs.
fat.
Class A-15,647.7 lbs. milk, 8619O lbs.
fat.
Commenting on the performance of
this noted Guernsey dam, J. G.. Penney
said, "One of the policies adopted by
Jimmy Dodge, superintendent of
Emmandine Farms, is that of treating
milk cows as productive unit sub
iect to the same regulations regarding
profitable production as in any manu-
featuring plant
Through long and systematic cam
paign of proper breeding and feeding,
with unusual care exercised in the Sc
lection of livestock, ! feel that Mr..
Dodge has afforded worth while dem
onstration of what properly conducted
dairy farming can produce in the way
Of profit earning individual animals.
One Of the present faults with
dairying as generally practiced |
throughout the country, seems to be
a lack of recognition Of the fact that
a dairy COW must be judged on the
basis of what she returns for her keep