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Show COW FAMILY MAKES HIGH RECORD MARK Half-Sisters Lead Class in United States. By S. J. BROWNELL, New Torlc State College Col-lege of Agriculture. WNU Service. Two New York State Holstelns, half-sisters, half-sisters, broke the state record that has stood for five years as Junior four-year-olds on ten months' test and three dally milklngs. The cows were bred by E. J. Chaffee of Wassaic and owned by James Stark of Pawling. Mr. Chaffee is vice president of the New York Holsteln association. Oblong Valley Kokee Sadie Boon, the youngest of the half-sisters by seven days, gave 20,297 pounds of milk containing 651.8 pounds of but-terfat but-terfat to displace the five years' champion, Cassa Colantha Blossom, owned by H. LL Longhouse of Cassa-daga. Cassa-daga. This record placed the Stark cow third In the United States for the present year and fifth In the all-time all-time list The half-sister. Oblong Valley Kokee Ko-kee Inka Ladoga, completed her record rec-ord a few days later of 20.6S4 pounds of milk containing 691.8 pounds of fat. This record placed the older of the two cows first In her class In the United States for the year and second sec-ond for all-time class list with the highest such record reported within the past five years. Mr. Stark's herd of 23 cows led the larger herds in New York dairy herd improvement associations for the past year with an average of 15,569 pounds of milk and 521 pounds of fat to the cow. |