The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . .wffilii,.w\-i!i:.i:ni. ?j-j- ? - - \\< ^.,; i^i HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COW MERCEDES 723. Calved March 28, 1878; bred by K. N. Kuperus, Friesland; im-ported September, 1879, by Thomas B. Wales, Jr., Iowa City, cow has the distinguished honor of having won the championcup offered by the Breeders Gazette for greatest butter yield forthirty consecutive days for the year ending July 1, 1883, open toall breeds; her well-authenticated record for the thirty days com-mencing with May 13 and ending June 11 being 99 lbs. 6^ oz. o
The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . .wffilii,.w\-i!i:.i:ni. ?j-j- ? - - \\< ^.,; i^i HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COW MERCEDES 723. Calved March 28, 1878; bred by K. N. Kuperus, Friesland; im-ported September, 1879, by Thomas B. Wales, Jr., Iowa City, cow has the distinguished honor of having won the championcup offered by the Breeders Gazette for greatest butter yield forthirty consecutive days for the year ending July 1, 1883, open toall breeds; her well-authenticated record for the thirty days com-mencing with May 13 and ending June 11 being 99 lbs. 6^ oz. ofunsalted butter, the average yield per day being 3 lbs. 5 oz. Sketchedfrom life by Burk, September, 1883. (364). HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COW PRINCESS OF WAYNE 3d I3I5- Calved January, 1881; bred and owned b)T T. G. Yeomans &Sons, Walworth, N. Y.; got by Burly 394, dam Princess of Wayne954. This cow in her three-year-old form made 18 lbs. 12 oz. ofunsalted butter in seven consecutive days, and 76 lbs. 12^ oz. inthirty days; and her dam, Princess of Wayne, at five years old,made 22 lbs. 9 oz. of butter in seven days, and 91 lbs. ]/2 oz. inthirty days, and the same year gave 20,469 lbs. 9 oz. of weight at the end of this test was 1,475 ms- Sketched fromlife by Burk. (366)
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