. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. 410 The Guernsey Breed Yeksa 2426 was bred by I. J. Clapp, Kenosha, Wisconsin who was the second man to bring Guernseys into Wisconsin, in the fall of 1881 She was born April 12, 1885, and was named after a Turkish nurse who had, shortly before the birth of this calf, come from Syria and been engaged by Mr. Clapp to care for his little Yeksa 2426 Yeksa was sold, with her half-brother I^uck, to Mrs. Etta A. Foster, Sparta, Wisconsin. .Mrs. Foster tested the cow at both two and three years of age, and reported that she made 561 pounds of butter as a
. The Guernsey breed. Guernsey cattle. 410 The Guernsey Breed Yeksa 2426 was bred by I. J. Clapp, Kenosha, Wisconsin who was the second man to bring Guernseys into Wisconsin, in the fall of 1881 She was born April 12, 1885, and was named after a Turkish nurse who had, shortly before the birth of this calf, come from Syria and been engaged by Mr. Clapp to care for his little Yeksa 2426 Yeksa was sold, with her half-brother I^uck, to Mrs. Etta A. Foster, Sparta, Wisconsin. .Mrs. Foster tested the cow at both two and three years of age, and reported that she made 561 pounds of butter as a two-year-old, and over 600 pounds as a three-j^ear-old; but the reports show that part of the time a pound of butter was made from 111-3 pounds of milk, and in light of later test work, the rec- ords may be taken with a grain of allowance. There is no doubt, however, that she was a great cow. Mrs. Foster raised from the pair, which were half brother and sister, one bull and two heifers. The bull was Yeksa's Prince 1943, and the daughters were Queen Vashti 6051, A R. 174, pounds fat at 14 \ears of age, and Honin' lean 3646 Yeksa's Prince was sold to W. P. Richardson, Garden City, Minn., and Bonny Jean to Nels Martinson, Hutchinson. Minn. Queen Vashti was bred to her own sire, and produced Yeksa's Queen, and the cow and calf were sold to .\. J. Philips, West Salem, Wis. It would seem as though the blond had been effectually scat- tered, and so it was for a time; but later, through the efforts of the late Fred Rietbrock, much of it was again united in the Helendale herd. Bonny Jean, the oldest of the three calves, was born September Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hill, Charles Lewis, 1869-. Waterloo, Iowa. : F. L. Kimball Co.
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