Show the hostein ti T T 01 in cow uy by TITOS THOS C PRATT i tho modern fountain of youth OT says ys brank 0 lowden president of he g froslan association of america la Is the udder of the dairy 01 without liar her milk children languish 11 tile tho vigor of the adult declines and the vitality of the human liti nian race runs riina I 1 low ow 11 these cheso observations are borne out by tile tho scientific work H ot f dr bi H ia u mccollum mccallum al other leading investigators who blass lasa milk as 0 tile the one I 1 item t am in the B hutnan human diet it tile tho size strength and ta lullia of the raco race Is to bo be milin maln t bained J the dairy lair y cow lins has become lecog dazed universally as aa tho the foster moth i er r of tile world sho she Is building our whole am of agriculture rel irei glit rates tile the fin por tanco co of sending to market a cont product violent fluctuation fluctuations in markot market values operating to the disadvantage of the grain anti and ducer the greater ortho of ho dairy cow in converting rough feeds and grain into human food the relatively improved financial condition of the dairyman with his steady monthly income these factors with others othera have combined ta focus public attention upon the dairy cow as the most important economic unit in american agriculture represent almost 60 per cent of tile the better dairy stock of Ani america erica according to the 1920 go government v con census stis of OC tile the purebred dairy cattle in this country are holsteins are jerseys and are guo forty four per cent of all tile the purebred and grado dairy cattle lif in the united states are holsteins according to the same census aro are most numerous of tile dairy breeds breeda in ili thirty states in ili iiii these yu au pur cent ot of tire na iia aulls milic is produced ag 95 por per cent of tile tho condensed und and evaporated inick 85 pur per cent of tile creamery ut itter IS 18 per cent or of tile farm anit tor 94 y l por per cont cent ot of tile the factory cheese chees a and 87 por liar cent of the farm choose tile average annual production of all dairy cows in ili these states la is pounds of milk in tile the othor othe r states whore where holsteins do not predominate the average Is lbs ibs at tho the present ehno the aver average age yearly production ot of till all admitted to the advanced register in 14 pounds pound butterfat asconi aa compared pared to pounds for guernsey and for jerseys I 1 holstein Holat eln cows hold all worlds records for production of milk a and 11 d butterfat with one exception in tile the junior four year old class for tile tho production of butterfat in ono one year which Is held a in at tho the present time there are dairy cows in ili tile tho united states that have produced over 1000 pounds butterfat in one year of which aro are holsteins Hol steina 18 jerseys and 8 2 brown swiss or ayr shires ninety holstein II cows cowa in ili the united states have produced over pounds of milk in one year cows of the other two leading dairy breida brands havo yet to produce this largo large amount of milk tho the average production of holstein cows in ili 24 states agricultural college herds was found by investigators of tho the dairy department ot of tile the university of nebraska to be higher than cows of other dairy breeds with one exception the son senior three year old class holstein II cows have proved to be tile the most economical producers of milk and total solids including fat this was shown by tile the result obtained in ili tile wisconsin cow competition in 1910 ri 11 at which time a wide effort was made to show the kinds and amounts of feeds consumed through tile tho year by jerseys and the holstein frisian Is tho the fastest growing breed of dairy cattle in america according to the last united states census the holstein Hols tsin cow herself is valuable as beef and she furnishes superior veal calves the exact time and place of origin of eresian cattle as well as people cannot bo be ascertained definitely earliest accounts commencing years before the christian era indicate that a tribe of people called re stans which inhabited the shores of tile the north sea derived their chief support from their herd hard of cattle about years later it Is learned earned that a german tribe moved northwards from hesse a district on the upper rhine and settled near tile the frosland Fre Fro they became known ns as the Batar tans they wore also breeder bre eders s of cattle but it Is not known whether they brought their herds with them or obtained them from the Fre it Is ia believed they brought their herds with them and that their cattle wore black while the eresian cattle at that time were white it Is thought that thai from the cross of the two the tha foundation of the ho present holstean eresian strain was waa laid historical accounts from that time on indicate that the cattle of those two tribes are identical at A t the e time ti m 0 of 0 f the all 0 roman 1 t 0 m an conquest of 0 europe D B C 58 A D the breslan F res ia n a and n d the t li e B t t n v lans became subjects of the romans although in a form of an alliance Cae caesar sars writings show that the Fre slana paid an annual tax of ox hides and ox horns while the Bata vlana ans in lieu her of the tax furnished a contingent of soldiers later writings tells us ua that during the and centuries the production of butter and cheese in holland was enormous and that large numbers of df meat cattle wore were produced cattle from the netherlands were imported into the united states in small numbers by dutch settlers in what is now new york state between 1621 and hgr and at irregular intervals after the revolutionary war I 1 i the first permanent introduction of this breed was made by winthrop W chenery of belmont Re lmont massachusetts just prior to the civil war them the first arrivals sold by mr chenery were purchased by charley charles houghton tile tho first secretary and treasurer of the association of brooder breeden of thoroughbred holstein Holst eln cattle was tile father cathor of frederick L houghton the present secretary of tile the holstein laii association of america sinco since tile civil war these cattle have boon been imported in ili largo large numbers the first drat animals artor after the war were brought to tills this country by gerrit anti dudley miller of vermont william A dussol ot of massachusetts and general william S tilton of main alain cheso cattle 61 bulls and 67 cows coined the nii nit cloua eletis of the first herd flord hook book of oc the association of breeders bleeders Bre eders of thoroughbred holstein cattle which was started in the 1872 in a ilerd hook book was wn also started in ili the netherlands an ali association of american breed ers era who objected to the name 1101 tein formed tile dutch breslan Lre FreB tart As tion in 1880 but each association carefully watched the purity of bloodlines blood lines tho the same year saw the beginning of a hard book in ili l land in 1885 the two american associations merged and united their records under the name of the irol stein frohsinn association of america which today carries the names mimes of over ono one million registered ani malig of which according to tile the latest government census tire alive this number Is double that of oe nil all the ot other liar dairy breeds combined I 1 rhe brestan cow is truly a dairy animal there are arc however certain characteristics of every brood breed which distinguishes it from any othor other breed of dairy cattle therefore Thor eforo it la Is necessary titter after one has haa the qualities of a real dairy animal in mind mina to make a study of each breed no one considering type can select a 1101 on the same basis as ho he selects for instance a jersey cow there are differences that must bo be borne in mind two of tile most apparent features are size and color A closer study of each breed of courso course reveals other differences holsteins are noted for their aizo sizo and hardiness indicating their ability to consume and turn into milk great amounts of roughage hago and bulky feeds tho the large deep and well sprung middles are tile the regions which house the complicated bovine bovino digestive system in which feed goes thru the process of being manufactured into milk the larger this part of tile the cow the greater capacity for good and hence the greater amount of milk production la Is possible Holat elna are ara noted for their superb development of this middle region which la Is responsible tor for the tremendous producing capacity ity ol of the holstein no dairy animal of any ally breed except he have ever evec been known to produce lbs of milk in ili it a year ninety havo have dono done so this capacity for production itil approached by animals of any other breed la Is responsible for the preat great number of private institutions sanitariums arid and hospitals which own hords herda and look to them for their of milk tile fact that doctors recommend Holat oln milk for instants and invalids beca or of its easy digestibility IR in file also for the iio institutional pre preference ferenee for holsteins the of tile tho holstean fro fre start association of america acovera tile entire united states anti and ren clies in fit its contacts into several foreign f 0 reign countries tile tho work of at the c brgant bation is directed from throe three offices tile tho office of tile secretary where tile work of registration and transfer tran stor of animals la Is done Is located nt at hrat brat vermont tile advance registry office with its records of testa and performance la Is in delavan Do lavan wisconsin prom from tile tho office ot of tho the extension service located nt at chicago the n or oc flold nion aro are 11 directed and the work of extending tile tho interests ot at the breed brought to general publicity stock show exhibits motion pictures milk dising helps to bre readers eders and dairymen dairyman anti national ta Is conducted benauro ot of their unsurpassed producing capacity their ro re for adaptability to the noeda needs of tile the average farmer who depend upon lila his dairy prod products ileta for no small part ot of his monthly monti fly income tile PIO que black anti white cow lias har been called tho the farmers cow site she lias has demonstrated liar her ability to live up to the nano name in ili every respect as proven b by liar her popularity and bids fall fair to increase in ili numbers nuin bora each year breeders bleeders Bre eders who fand plo asuro and profit brodt in ili studying animals are anro seeing to it that alint she bho improves lin provos in ili typo and individuality |