The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-23
N. G.. State Professor
Reuieus Dairy Assets

Some people thought that such high
production would kill her, but she
came back IN 1914 and did even
retter by producing 965.43 pounds
of fat from 21,251 pounds of good
Jersey milk. Yes, she is a great
cow but that is not all we have
to show you on this Buncombe
county farm. There are one tnou-
sand registered Jersey cows on this
farm, started in 1897 when the late
George Vanderbilt imported direct
ly from the Island Of Jersey two
bulls land eleven COWS. This is
now the largest registered Jersey
herd found in the whole world with
one exception.
MILKING sHORTHORNS
From Buncombe County we will
hurry on to Ashe County to see
Burnt Hill Beauty, the Milking
shorthorn COW that has been pro-
ducing sixty pounds per day. Now
look at your map. When we get to
West jefferson, we pick up the
owner of this COW, w. B. Austin,
WHO win go with us out to his
tarm to talze look at this great
(coW. We arrive at the farm, and
we stop at the barns to see two
great Milking Shorthorn bulls and
few calves but no cows. We find
the cows, about 40 in number, all
registered, in large field of blue
grass and white clover. Here you
will see two views, the like OF
which few people have ever seen
pastures and cows. Blue grass
and white clover over every foot OF
that fifty acre field. How high Is
il? The grass and clover are right
up to the knees of those great cows
and those coWs-red. white, and
roans-have udders that compare
well with any breed of dairy cows.
We 60 over a beautiful winding
mountain road into Surry County.
the home of Klondike Jette, the
Guernsey COW with a record OF 49,
678 pounds of mill. and 1.010
pounds Of fat. In this herd we will
see Gold Branch A. D. Rosebud
Beauty, Guernsey Class leader
with 1850 pounds of milk and
oi7 pounds of fat in Class &C, and
the Guernsey bull Klondike Iceberg
which was born near the South
Pole. When Admiral Byrd went to
the South Pole, he took with him
Klondike Gay Carteret, a COW from
this herd. While she was in the
Antarctic, son was born, and
naturally upon the AdmiraFs re-
turn he sent the young animal to
his rlghtful home, Klondike Farm
in Surry County, North Carolina
RED LADY
We next find ourselves in Cataw-
ba County, the home of Red Lady
that produced 1,026 pounds of fat
in one year, and on this same farm
the sire and dam of this same cow
were bred and developed. From the
home of Red Lady we go directly
to the farm of Mrs. R. E. Mellow
ell, Sr., who is looking after their
Jersey while 'R. E., Jr." is an Of
ficer in the armed forces of the
South Pacific. On this Mcdowell
farm was developed the late Prin.
cess Elise that in the year 1924
let the whole dairy world kn5w
that Jersey COW in North Caro-
lima could produce 1908 pounds
of fat in a year.
We cannot leave Mecklenburg
County without seeing the more
than 400 heads of Jerseys on Nor
rocroft Farm. Established twenty
years ago, Morrocroft Farm has
imported directly from the Island
more than one hundred head. This
great herd is being managed and
fed under the most scientific condi-
tons. Many of the cows are MIXED
and fed three times daily and the
product sold in the City OF Char
lotte. Is there any wonder that the
weak grow strong and the strong
grow weak" down in Mecklenburg?
We do not have time to stop at
the Clear Springs Farm in .,abar-
rus County to see mole thar 200
head of Guernseys, but we want
to tell you that these animals are
as good as any we have seen, and
they have more than forty cows
on me Advanced Register test
We want 10 make d stop at Win.
Mock Farm, Davie County, to ser
them mechanically milk eighty Red
Pooled cows-a!l on Advanced Reg
lister test. Here we Want to show
you Ole of the great Red Polled
NERDS found on the American con-
tinent. Among the cows bred on
this farm is R. L Josephine. high
est prcducere in Red Polled Cattle
Club of America Milk test tor the
year 1880, with record of 1870
pounds of milk and 772 pounds of
fat.
STANLY COUNTY
You may be getting little tired
but we must show you where to
find our highest butlerfst producer.
During the long history Of the Jex-