new production record set by holstein holsted herd the purebred holstein herd owned by the cherokee state hospital at cherokee iowa has set a new national production record tor for a herd of BO 60 or more cows according to the idol stean F friesian association of america this herd completed its year la in the herd improvement registry test with an average of pounds of milk containing pounds of tat fat there were 50 cows in the herd and 13 were class A cows milked four times a day and 37 class B cows milked three times a day in the united states there have been herds tested located in 41 states and the cherokee herd exceeds the national average of all tested herds by pounds of fat and also exceeds the average of all herds milked three or four times a day by pounds of fat