The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-03-03
HolSiein Men
Elect BOsrger
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herd of registered Holsteins.
They have 13 cows of milking
age, three bred heifers, three
yearling heifers, three heifer
calves and the herd bull, total
of 20 animals in all. OF the l3
milking cows, three were rated
''very good, four good" and six
"good-plus" in an official Holstein-
Friesian inspection recently.
Proud of His Herd
Paul is justifiably proud Of his
herd. "All of them except one
heifer which we bought at a con-
signment sale were raised right
on this farm" he explains, That
one heifer, incidently, is also a
Union County animal, having
been raised by B. o. Skinner, of
Millcreek Township.
Last August, the Boergers
started their herd on a Herd I'M
provement Registry test under
the Holstein-Friesian Associa-
ton, the results Of which will not
be known for several months yet.
But we've been in the county
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa-
ton since 1897" Paul points out,
''and our l0-year average in this
testing has been 4l9 pounds but
terfat."
Part of his pride in the herd
comes from the fact that it is all
descended from Pauls first All
club calf, and two others which
his father bought at the same
time. Part of it is from the breed
ing of M. g. F. Dellinger's all
American bull, Man-O-War
Ormsby Posch.
Third Herd Bull
Their present herd bull is the
third the Boergers have had
since 1884, the last two being
from the excellent Bouic herd
So far, they have not tried arti-
ficial dissemination in any of their
cows, but plan to do so this sum-
mer.
That Paul got the right kind
of start in the pure-bred Hol-
stein business is shown by his
All club record over six years.
One COW, sired by the Dell
niger bull and out of his first All
animal, won three All grand
championships for him at the
Ohio State Fair. The first was in
1896 as heifer calf. In 1897, the
animal was first in her class but
missed the Holstein grand cham
pionship. However, she came
back in 1888 and 1889 to take top
honors both years.
But PaulS All activities were
not confined to raising outstand-
ing cows. He was member of
the county All club dairy judg-
ing team which won the Ohio
championship and went to Dallas,
where the national dairy show
was then being held, to compete
In the national judging contest.
AT Dallas, the Union County boys
ranked 5th in the nation, and
Paul was the second high indivi-
dual. He won a gold medal for
his achievement.
Graduate of Ohio State
Upon graduating from Union
Rural High School in 1886, Paul
worked on the farm for a year
and half, then entered Ohio
State University. 81 majored in
dairy husbandry there, and con-
tinued participation on live
stock judging teams" he recalls.
In 1910, he was on the Ohio
State University dairy Judging
team which entered the National
Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pa. He
was high individual in judging
Holsteins at this show.
In l94l, Paul was on the Uni
versity's general livestock judg-
ing team, which covered sheep,
swine, horses and beef cattle.
I'VE were something of a dis
appointment to our instructor,
Prof. Kays," Paul laughs. "Judg-
ing at the American Royal in
Kansas City and International
Livestock show at Chicago, we did
all right in everything except
sheep. The judge in that class was
a Westerner, and went by diff
ferent standards than we had
been taught"
"But even so, Prof. Kays was
not completely disappointed"
Paul finished. 1--WE were the high
team on judging horses and that
was his first love -.
Paul's advice to a boy want
to get started in the pure-bred
business through All Club work?
Advice to Youngsters
First thing he would suggest
is patience. TOO many of the