Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-04-29

F. M. Shoemaker, whose Shoe
makers stock farm at Arlee is the
home of 21-year-old Jersey herd
long recognized as one of the high
producing dairy herds of the west,
achieved the honor of owning the
first Jersey bull qualified in Mon
tana for a medal award of the
American Jersey Cattle club. This
sire, You'll Do Fanny's Crown, is
head Of the herd and won the silver
medal award on the records of three
daughters, two of which qualified for
gold medal as well as a silver medal
on exceptional yields.
To win the silver medal a sire must
nave three daughters from different
dams, which have won the same medal
In official production tests.
Crown Cleo. first of the medal daugh-
tiers OF You'll DO Fanny's Crown, made
the largest milk and butterfat Yields
ever made by a junior 4-year-old Mon
tana Jersey COW in a 305-day test and
qualified for the silver medal and the
higher award, the gold medal, with her
production OF 64792 pounds Of butter
fat, 1851 pounds of milk. She was
years ! month Of age when started
on the 305-day test.
A Championship Record
Crown Alice, another high producing
daughter, set a championship record
for butterfat and milk production for
junior 3-year-old Montana Jersey COWS
tested 1855 days by yielding 729.O6
pounds Of butterfat and 1871 pounds
OF milk IN year. This record won
hOfh a rynId ond a efi,so,- y,,als,V $1,000
Crown Theresa, the third qualifying
won the silver medal by pro-
ducing 573.43 pounds of butterfat and
1888 pounds of milk In 305 days,
ON test at years months of
age. Her record is the highest for but
terfat and milk yield so FAR completed /
by junior 3-year-old Montana Jersey |
COW IN 305-day test.
All Of the medal daughters which |
qualified You'll Do Fanny's Crown for /
The silver medal were bred in Shoe |
makers herd but we're sold to Jake I
I1edema OF Bozeman by Shoemaker /
and tested In the Tiedema herd.
Three other daughters of the new /
silver medal bull have recently COM (
Oleted records above $50 pounds of
1utterfat each in 305-day tests in the
riedema herd II they meet calving
requirements, all are expected TO
tAaAAAg AOA BOAl anu olltEI LltQAE.
Average Of Herd
Shoemaker's herd, with seven daugh-
ers Of the new silver medal bull In
'luded, completed an average Of 1887
)ounds Of butterfat and S,512 pounds
4 milk on twice-daily milking for a
ears test ended in 1893 and authenti-
ated through the herd improvement
egistry of the American Jersey Cattle
Tub. During the test the herd averaged
bout IA cows.
For the previous year. with eight
aughters Of the silver medal bull in
he test, the herd averaged 4l9.82
ounds Of butterfat and 1850 pounds
I milk
Several daughters OF the silver medal
ull we're in the Tiedema herd In 1897
nd 1888, when the herd made con-
ecutive averages of 1929 and 429 86
ounds Of butterfat
H. @. and Cleoh Kanne, Candy,
re-, bred the silver medal bull, You'll
10 Fannys Crown, but he was de-
eloped In Shoemaker's herd, TO which
e was transferred when months old
Shoemaker's herd has been tested
early for a long time and his farm
ecords show average production of
70 pounds Of butterfat yearly for the
erd throughout its history.