The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-09-18
Kelly Herd Goes Into
First Place
Monthly Average Is Highest
For Year In Improve
ment Association

come back in August, landing in frs
place by large margin. Their pro-
duction for the month, ADJ pounds
of butterfat and 1925 pounds OF
milk, is the highest monthly average
made in the Cecil County Cow Test
ing Association during the past year
or more. This is a gain of S.S
pounds of butterfat and 227 pounds
of milk over last months production,
and 90 pounds of butterfat above
their nearest competitor this month
Deakin & Coleman's herd OF regis
tered Jerseys takes second with 1875
pounds of butterfat and 645 pounds
of milk, a slight drop of 81 pounds
of butterfat below last months
record. Third place is again taken
by Frederic Samendinger's herd OF
Holsteins and Jerseys. Their pro-
duction was 30.5 pounds Of butterfat
and 704 pounds of milk. Ennis Nc
Grady & Son ranks fourth for the
month with his herd of registered
Jerseys producing 1913 pounds Of
butterfat and Gil pounds of milk.
Fifth place is taken by another herd
of registered Holsteins owned by l..
Wickes Davis. Their average for the
month was 1913 pounds OF butterfat
and 824 pounds of milk. Not being
of the high herd in the county,
princess job Ormsby'', owned by
Frank Kelly, stood we'll out in front
with a creditable record of 97.2
pounds of butterfat and 2430 pounds
of milk. This COW is MIXED twice a
day only; had she been MIXED three
times day she would probably have
gone we'll over the hundred mark.
Second high cow is No. /, another
registered Holstein, owned by Frank
Kelly Her production for the
month was S4.6 pounds Of butterfat
and 1922 pounds of milk. These are
the type of cows that are helping to
uphold the prestigsssof the kelly
herd ]. T. c. Hopkins G Son, stand
third with No. Is, another Holsteien,
producing 62.1 pounds of butterfat
and 1888 pounds Of milk. Last
Chance" registered Jersey, owned by
H. B. Crowgey & Son, stands fourth
with 61.9 pounds of butterfat and
HAT pounds of milk. No. II an
other, registered Holstein owned by
Frank Kelly, places fifth with 60.4
pounds of butterfat and 143S pounds
of milk Nightingale, pure bred
Jersey, owned by Glenn G. E. R. Nc
Grady, ranks sixth with 59.S pounds
of butterfat and 1433 pounds Of
milk. Eugene England takes seventh
place with Fannie, pure bred Guern-
sey producing 58.7 pounds of butter
fat and 1928 pounds Of milk. L.
Wickes Davis, places eighth with one
of his prize Holsteins No. 20 pro-
ducing $50 pounds of butterfat and
1874 pounds of milk. Deakin &
Coleman take ninth and tenth places
with PIG, registered Jersey, produc-
ing 56.9 pounds of butterfat and
1854 pounds of milk, and Princess
of Millstream" producing 551 pounds
of butterfat and 1147 pounds of
milk.
There were 646 cows on test dur
ing the month of August. The aver
age for the Association was 24.96
pounds of butterfat and 564.08
pounds of milk
The National Dairy Association
have awarded a National Honor Roll
Diploma to the following members Of
the Cecil County Cow Testing Asso-
citation, and have added their names
to the National Honor Roll, in recog-
milton of the achievement of develop
ing their herd to yearly production
average of 800 pounds of butterfat
or more for the year ending in 1885:
Ennis McGrady, herd average S49
pounds of butterfat; Frank Kelly,
BAT pounds; Guy McGrady, 344
pounds David B. Mcdowell, 342
pounds; Glenn & E. R. McGrady, 3S9
pounds; Everett England, SO7
pounds; Eugene E. England, 307
pounds; Joseph Ayres, SO1 pounds.
These dairymen are to be COM
mended for the splendid showing
they are making in herd improve
ment work, and we hope that this
will be target for other dairymen to
shoot at, and that more and more
will strive to raise their herd
standard.