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Show EMINENT BESS DIES VERY SUDDENLY A cow died at Aran, Wisconsin, recently re-cently nnd .tho United Press carried tho news nil over the Unjted States. There nro very fow men thht could occupy so much valnablo wlro spaco. But this cow was Eminent Bess, ono tlmo champion Jersey cow of tho world. Sho produced 18.S71 pounds of milk In one year or IS times her own wolght. A conservative estimate esti-mate puts her value nt $10,000. Has Saved Many Lives In her lifetime Bc,ss probably saved the lives of hundreds of babies, Her milk was rich in nourishing qualities nnd doctors In tho vicinity of Aran often ordered her milk for babies who needed exceptionally careful nourishment."1 nourish-ment."1 Mnny m6urn her death. Tho present champion cow Is May Itllmn, owned by H. II. CnssJirt, former for-mer president of tho PcnnB)lvnnln railroad. May Itllma has produced In ono jcar 19,073 pounds of mtllc, or 1073 pounds of buttorfnt, which means 12C0 pounds of butter. |