The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . IMPORTED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COW LADY OF JELSUM 1627. Calved March, 1877; bred by Mr. E. Bonnema, of Friesland;imported May, 1881, by her owner, Thomas B. Wales, Jr., IowaCity, la. This cow has a milk record of 78 lbs. in one day and of2,227 ms. m thirty consecutive clays. Sketched from life by Burk. (380). GROUP OF HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. The engraving which appears on the opposite page represents agroup of Holstein-Friesian cattle owned by Dr. W. A. Pratt, ofElgin, 111. The bull is Cyclone 392, bred by J. Doets, of NorthHolland, a


The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . IMPORTED HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COW LADY OF JELSUM 1627. Calved March, 1877; bred by Mr. E. Bonnema, of Friesland;imported May, 1881, by her owner, Thomas B. Wales, Jr., IowaCity, la. This cow has a milk record of 78 lbs. in one day and of2,227 ms. m thirty consecutive clays. Sketched from life by Burk. (380). GROUP OF HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. The engraving which appears on the opposite page represents agroup of Holstein-Friesian cattle owned by Dr. W. A. Pratt, ofElgin, 111. The bull is Cyclone 392, bred by J. Doets, of NorthHolland, and imported by Gerrit S. Miller, of Peterboro, N. Y. Hisdam, Coronet 544, it is said, had a very large milk record in Hol-land. The cow in the center is Duchess of York 120, calved March,1874; bred in North Holland and imported by J. H. Comer, ofGoshen, N. Y. She was a very prominent feature in the Holsteinrings at the leading Western shows of 1883, winning first prizesthat year at the State Fairs of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and has a milk record of 841 lbs. in ten clays, and 873^ lbs. in oneday. The other cow is Galaxy 2d 310, calved August, 1877; gotby Bleecker 3, out of Texelaar 12th 59. The calf is by Cyclone392, out of Countess of Flanders. Engraved after a sketch from lifeby Corwine. (382)


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