The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
CECIL COUNTY HERD IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION
Kelly Herd OF Holsteins Again In
Lead Month OF March

Lead MOnun vi hhASh
For the third month in succession
Frank Kelly's herd of registered
Holsteins tops the county in butter
fat, and also milk production, for the
month of March. Their average OF
81 pounds of butterfat and 953
pounds of milk topped last month S
average by 3.3 pounds of butterfat
and 72 pounds Of milk.
Guy McGrady's herd Of registered
Jerseys pushed forward to claim sec
ond high honors with a margin OF
.O2 pounds of butterfat. Their pro-
duction was 800 pounds of butter
fat and 5S7 pounds of milk.
Third place was taken by another
herd of pure bred Jerseys owned by
Ennis McGrady with a production OF
31.8 pounds of butterfat and GIL
pounds of milk.
d. B. McDowell's herd of register
ed Jerseys followed closely with 800
pounds of butterfat and $50 pounds
of milk.
Fifth place was taken by Everett
England's herd of Jerseys, produc-
ing 29.7 pounds of butterfat and
900 pounds of milk.
In the individual cow honors we
find Rita Fay" of Maple Wood
Farm, owned by j. H. Kimble, max
ing history for herself by moving
from eighth place last month into
first this month. Her production
was els pounds of butterfat and
1717 pounds of milk. Havana Fox,
a grade Jersey also owned by j. H.
Kimble, stands sixth with 54.3
pounds of butterfat and 1885 pounds
of milk.
Second high COW was No-16, regis
tered Guernsey owned by j. S. G. E.
T. Cullen of Locust Grove Farm.
Her production for the month was
61.4 pounds of butterfat and 1895
pounds of milk.
Lloyd Balderston takes third hon
ors with B-3 producing 58.7 pounds
of butterfat and 1928 pounds of
milk.
white Halls Primrose" register
ed Guernsey of White Hall Farm,
owned by T. w. Bacchus, stands
fourth with 56.3 pounds of butterfat
and $50 pounds Of milk.
In fifth place we find No. IA, pure
bred Holstein owned by L. Wilkes
Davis, with a production of 54.9
pounds of butterfot and 1868 pounus
of milk.
"Pogis Lassie," registered Jersey
of Elkton Farm, owned by H. B.
Crowgey C Son, who for the past
two months led the association, drops
to seventh place with 52.4 pounds OF
fat and 1047 pounds of milk.
In eighth and ninth places we have
a tie between Blonde" registered
Jersey owned by Glenn and E. R.
McGrady, and No-15, purebred Hol-
stein owned by Frank Kelly, produc-
ing 52.1 pounds of fat each and S6S
pounds of milk and 1902 pounds OF
milk, respectively.
John Lippincott carries off tenth
place with Tiny" registered Jersey,
producing 504 pounds of butterfat
and $40 pounds of milk.
There we're 572 COWS on test dur
ing the month of March. Fifty-fve
of this number produced 40 pounds
of butterfat or more. The average
production for the association was
$3.50 pounds of butterfat and
466.78 pounds of milk. This is a
slight increase over last months
average, mostly due to freshing OF
COWS.
A conference was held last month
down at College Park, where the
testers for the state met with various
members of the Department at
Washington, and also executives OF
the Department of College Park.
Many things were brought up for dis
cussion and plans laid for new UNI
dertaking in the Dairy Herd I'm
provement work, for the coming
year. This work is rapidly growing
throughout the United States and the
necessity for such work is seen more
and more in the dairy world.
FATALLY INJURED AT QUARRY