The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-17
Creenacres Herd Tops
Association
Herd Improvement Report
Good Production Records
In Month OF December

In Month Of December
Greenacres herd of purebred Jer-
seys. owned by Deakin and Coleman
of near Rising Sun, again tops the
monthly honor roll of the Cecil
County Dairy Herd improvement AS
ISOLATION. Their production for De-
cember was 1877 pounds of butter
fat and GAS pounds of milk, making
the seventh month in succession this
high producing herd has stood a. the
top.
Frank Kelley's herd of registered
Holsteins, of near Woodlawn, easily
took second, with an average of 1876
pounds of butterfat and 500 pounds
of milk. making an increase OF 80
pounds butterfat and 249 pounds OF
milk over last months production.
Third place honors. go to Guy NC
Grady's herd of registered Jerseys,
whose production was 2S.9 pounds
of fat and 52S pounds of milk.
Following closely was Eugene
England's herd of registered Guern-
seys producing 28.1 pounds OF fat
and 52S pounds of milk. Fifth place
was taken by a herd Of registered
Jerseys owned by David B. Mcdowell.
Their production was 27.3 pounds OF
butterfat and ACT pounds of milk.
In individual high cows, we find
Guy McGrady taking first and third
honors with a daughter and her dam.
Jenny Jr., registered Jersey, had the
highest production for the month,
with 63.3 pounds of butterfat and
1891 pounds of milk. Jenny, an
other registered Jersey, dam OF
Jenny, Jr., ranked third, with 57.2
pounds butterfat and 1860 pounds OF
milk. This is rather unusual to find
two generations being outstanding
during the same month, with the
younger being the higher. This is a
specimen Of sound breeding for i'm
provement.
A registered Holstein No. IL, own
ed by Frank Kelley, ran second with
a production of $50 pounds of put
terfat and 1880 pounds of milk.
prudence, registered Jersey and
high cow last month, owned by Ennis
McGrady and Son, takes fourth place,
producing 55.5 pounds of butterfat
and 973 pounds of milk. Beauty, :"
another registered Jersey also owned
by Ennis McGrady & Son, ran
eighth with a production of 51.9
pounds of fat and 99S pounds OF
milk.
In fifth place we find registered
Guernsey, "Wausan," owned by T.
Harold Brown of Cedar Farm. Her
production was 532 pounds of but
terfat and 1909 pounds of milk.
tKitty,' purebred Guernsey owned
by T. w, Bacchus of White Hall
Farm, produced 52.2 pounds of but
terfat and 1914 pounds of milk, to
stand seventh among the ten high
cows.
]. S. & E. T. Cullen take ninth
place with No. 13, registered Guern-
sey, having a production of 51.3
pounds of butterfat and 1856 pounds
of milk.
Tenth high individual COW was
Mabel" registered Jersey owned by
Everett England. Her production
was 51.3 pounds of butterfat and
827 pounds of milk
There were 551 cows on test dur
ing the month of December. Fifty
one of this number produced an ex-
cess of forty pounds of butterfat.
Eight cows were disposed of due 10
low production.
The general production increased
slightly over last months low mark.
The average production for the Asso-
citation was 2307 pounds of fat and
1895 pounds of milk, an increase of
4.33 pounds of butterfat and 77.3
pounds of milk over November's
production.