THE OREGON STATESMAN FARMING AND INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE SECTION
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CUSS LEADERS OF THE GUERNSEY
BREED IN OREGON. BY SECEH
In Guernsey Breed, One Cow in Every Eight Has an Official
Record As High as Any of Dairy Breeds if Not the High
est A Third as Many Registered as Jerseys Seventh the
Number of Holsteins
Editor Statesman:
Giving the class leaders of the
r breed, the following explanations
will give the reader a better un
A ..-oil. nHinir nf lieCM Anil letter
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requirements. Class G is 2 years,
U r years, E 3 years, D 3tt
years. C 4 years, B. 4 Vt years,
rfSind A 5 years or over when the
record is started. A double letter
class as AA or GG is carrying a
calf 265 days or more dar
ing the test period, and a triple
letter or probably better known
a the farmer's class is a record
made on. not more than two milk
ings per day and completed with
in 305 days, aa GGG or AAA.
Guernsey Class Leaders
The class leaders for Oregon,
list rorrected to March 1, 1927, are
follows in A: Janis of Sequoia
A. 11. record 846.9 pounds butter
fat, owned by Edmonds & Fitxpat
rick, Tillamook, who also owned
Rex'IDaisy of Tillamook, .leader
in KE, A. R. record, 614-3 pounds.
Class leader in B and also BB
was Kate's Princess Jewel of
Springcrest, record 729.2 pounds
of butterfat, owned by W. A. Good
in. Cornelius, also owner of Kate's
Buttercup Class E. 73 4.6 pounds of
fat.
Red Wing of the Glen. Class C,
record 607.03 pounds of fat,
owned by A. L & J. Hughes, Ore
gon City.
Class D. Imp. May of the Is
sues, 626.5 pounds of butter-fat.
owned by the Leonard Estate com
pany. Grant Pass.
Kings' Bessie of Riverview,
Class F, 517.8 pounds, owner Ira
(i. Lance, Tillamook.
Class FF. Lily's Blossom of Wil
low Wood. 611.6 pounds owned by
W. O. Keith, Astoria.
Imp. Lady's Beauty of Ore Hill.
Class G, 619.9 pounds of butter
A FEW OF OREGON'S
GREAT COWS AS SEEN
ConUnued from plfc 1)
mark that Mr. West has been a
large factor in the development of
the breed in Oregon, having im
ported and bred many good ones.
Up the Valley
D. H. Looney. another one of
Oregon's pioneer Jersey breeders,
was one of the latest exhibitors
at the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion, and the strength of the cow
class will be better appreciated
when we state that his great cow,
fl.dy Tina, champion at Oregon
state fair in 1904, could not quite
get inside the money here. One
of Mr. Looney's greatest cows.
ehowlng a few years following
the great Lewis and Clark Expo
sition, was Gamolea J. E. Rioter,
by the noted sire Inda Landseer
Kioter. In five big shows she won
senior and grand champion three
times.
Ladd Estate's Hazel Fern herd
brought distinctive honor to Ore
gon in 1907. when out of the nine
highest testing cows of different
ages, reported by the American
Jre9ey Cattle Club, four belonged
to that herd. The cows making
these records were: Golden Chief's
Olpa. Golden Grand Olga Diplo
mat's Blue Belle and Peer's Sur
prise. Madalena May. owned by Chas.
Cleveland. Gresham Oregon, was
one of the great cows brought to
public attention in 1908. She won
THE WORLD'S
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More World Record Jerseys Than
fat. owned by V. H. Harwood. As
toria. In Class AA. Auricula's May of
Sequoia has a record of 574.4
pounds of fat, and Auricula's Marie
of Tillamook 608.3 pounds of fat
in GG. both owned by John J.
Berns, Tillamook.
Octav Voget. Hubbard, has the
following records in the class lead
ers for the state: Mizter Comely
DD, 502.2 pounds butterfat; Imp.
Lady Fanny of la Grande Maison
in AAA, 503.6 pounds; Foshay's
Jeanette in CCC has 467.6 pounds
and EEE 4 68.7 pounds. Foshay's
Jeanette has fire official records
and is among the long distance
cows of the breed.
Rieben Brag.. Banks, Oregon,
have the following triple letter
records: Quicksilver Annette BBB,
483.5 pounds. Giant Oak Farm
Lady GGG, 437.0 pounds, and Ore
gon Pet, 580.8 pounds fat in DDD;
this record gives her first place
in the class leaders for the entire
breed, and her record in FFF, of
517.3. gives her second place in
the class leaders for the breed, as
well as placing her at toe head of
these classes for Oregon.
The average of all records in
single, double, and triple letter
classes over 25,000 .records is
486.5 pounds of fat. In the
Guernsey breed one cow in every
eight has an official record. This
is perhaps as high a percentage of
tested cows as any of the dairy
breeds if not the highest. As to
numbers the Guernsey breed has
one-third the number of animals
registered as the Jerseys and one
breed. seventh the number of the Holstein
MRS. A. I. HUGHES.
Secretary Oregon Guernsey
Cattle Club. J
Oregon City. Ore.,
Rt. 2, Box 130, Mar. io. 1928.
first place at Salem and misted
winning the milk contest by only
a hair's breath. At Washington
state fair, she was first in class,
senior and grand champion and
winner in the milk contest. At
Spokane Inter-state fair, she was
senior and grand champion.
Adelaide of Beechlands of the
Ladd herd as a 2 year old, gave
8363 lbs. of milk and 500 lbs. of
butter. As a 5 year old she gave
in 1908 the greatest amount of
milk of any cow on authenticated
test. 15,572 lbs., and led all others
with 1003 lbs. of butter. At the
Oregon state fair in 1910, we had
evidence that show yard type and
production were getting very close
together when the cows winning
1st and second in. class also won
1st and 2nd in the milk contest.
W. J. Domes, 1st with Bonnie
Belle M. and W. O. Morrow, 2nd
with Morrow's Select.
The Late Comers
Following is a list or Oregon
cows that have won Jersey world's
records some time during the past
few years: St. Mawes Lad's Lady
(Harry D. Iliff). 11756 lbs. 7.05
per cent milk. 829.09 Ids fat. Age
1 year. 11 months. Class "A".
Poppy's Dortha (F. E. Lynn).
17804 lbs. 5.28 per cent milk.
994.26 lbs fat. 3 years 4 months.
Class "A".
St. Mawes' Lad s Pride (H. D.
Iliff). 14243 lbs. 7.04 per cent
milk 1002. 35 lbs. fat, 3 years 7
months, class "A".
Darling Jolly Lassie (Pkkard
MOST FAMOUS COW WAS
Bros.), 16425 lbs. 6.95 per cent
milk. 1141.28 lbs. fat, 4 years.
Class "A.
Vive La France t Pickard Bros.)
14920 lbs. 6.91 per cent milk.
1031.64 lbs. fat, 4 years 7 months.
Class "A". i
Sophie's Princess Eulalia (Win.
J. Thoraley). 18167 Ibs.4.84 per
cent milk, 913.12 lbs. fat. 3 ears
2 months. Class"A 2".
The above all on 365 day test.
The following all on 205 day test.
The Lions L::ac (h. D. Iliff).
10752 lbs. 6.91 per cent milk. 742
lbs. fat. 1 year 9- months'. Class
Poet's Mable Mowat (H. Han
neman) 14915 lbs. 5.93 per cent
milk. S83.93 lbs. fat. 8 years
11 months.
Grayraere Alice (M. X, Tibbies).
11465 lbs. 5.08 per cent milk.
581.87 lbs. fat, 1 year 11 months.
Class 'A. A. A.'
Carry On Phoebe (S. H. Rob
inson) 13.145 las. 4.35 per cent
milk. 571.22 lbs. fat. 2 years 1
month. CKss "A A A".
Special Meatlon
Worthy of special mention is
the record of Lulu Alphea, owned
by J. J. Van Kleek, Scholia, Ore
gon. At the age of one year and
10 months she gave 13,668.7 lbs.
of milk testing over 6 per cent and
making 800.08 lbs of fat. which
was 100 lbs. in excess of any rec
ord in her class at that time.
And to add to tue above impos
ing list, now comes Tiddledewinks
Quality Girl, owned by Mrs. Flor
ence Gale Neal of Oregon City,
with a record of 12.845 lbs.. 6.45
per cent milk, and 826.44 lbs. fat.
This record just recently compiled
establishes her as the world's
highest producing senior four year
old Jersey cow in the 305 day
class.
. It is noteworthy that Tiddlede
winks made this record on ordin
ary farm care, being on pasture
with the herd' and reeervlag the
same feed ration, and that for
eight months of the. teat she was
milked by machine.
One of the most noteworthy rec
ords of Oregon cows, however, is
the world's herd record made by
18 cows on 305 and 365 day tests
in the McArthur and Stauff herd
in Polk county. These cows pro
duced an average of 658.02, lbs. of
butterfat. a record never before
approached by a herd of more
than 12 cows of any breed. This
feat was accomplished in 1922,
and we have seen no account of it
ever yet having been equaled. Only
three of the cows participating
were mature animals at the begin -ing
of the test, and the average
age of the 18 at that time was
only three years and eight months,
and all but two were bred by their
owners.
But enough Jersey flavor for
this time.
The Holsteins
Speaking of Oregon Holsteins.
you at once think of "Pa" Frakes.
but Jim Stewart of Forest Grove,
as I recall, was the first man to
breed and exhibit the big black
and whites in this state. Mr.
Stewart did not last very long
in the business, but he started the
ball rolling with some good ones
and. I think Frakes and F. W.
Durbln each secured some of his
blood as foundation stock. Mr.
Durbin was one of the early ex
hibitors of this breed at the Ore
gon state fair, and after a few
years rest he is back again strong
er than ever. Sorry I have no
data on his herd, but no doubt
he or some one else will write up
the Holsteins much better than I
can do. I Jnst happen to remem
ber that in 1926 he had senior
and grand champion on Lady Se
gis Pontiae, a cow of great breed,
character and production capacity.
Two other pioneer breeders and
exhibitors of Oregon who have
retired from the farm are W. K.
Newell and Thos. CarmichacI of
Gaston. We have no data at "hand
. .
Any One State
relative to their Individual cowg.
but in their time they each owned
and exhibited some good ones and
without a doubt got some of their
foundation stock from the good
Stewart herd.
-When you think of 'Pa" Frakes
you at once think of Peek-A-Boo
Artis. truly a great show and dairy
cow injier day. But Chlo Mec
thilide was the grand old cow
with which Mr. Frakes copped off
the senior and grand champion
ribbons at the Lewis and Clark
fair. The blood of these two great
cows and of his old herd bHll.
Lunde Oregon De Kol, courses the
veins of many of Oregon's good
Holsteins. For instance Johanna
Belle Stanhope, the first Oregn
cow to produce 30.00b of milk ,
in a year, was a descendent from
the Frakes herd. She was owaed
by Mr. Mullenhoff, Greshanv Ore-,
iron.
The first prize Holsteln cow
at the Pacific International expo
sition in 1922 was Tillamook Daisy
Butter King De Kol. bred by F.
R. Beals of Tillamook and sold
by him to Carnation Stock Farm.
She is one of the outstanding
cows of that noted herd of cows
of 1926. bred by A. J. Warner.
Model Segls Prllly Gelsche, one
of the world'AH-American of Aur
ora, Oregon, developed liy D. J.
Berning at Mt. Angel, was sold td
the Billiwhaek Stock Farm, Ox
nard. California. At the Pacific
International exposition in 1925
she stood second to the world's
champion cow. In 1923 she was
reserve ail-American aged eow.
In 1926 she was sen:or and grand
champion at the Sesqui-Centennial
International exposition at the
Waterloo dairy congress and at
the Indiana state fair. She has
a record of 128.3.02 lbs. batter and
31.588 lbs. of milk and is a beauty
to behold. "
Northwest Outstanding
It may be fudging a little bit
to quote R. E. Everly, field rep
resentative of National Holstein
association as to Holsteins in the
northwest, but it can be no crime,
since Oregon orlgionafty includ
ed the whole northwest and many
of the cows referred to are in
Oregon, or were brec Here and
sold to their present owner. He
says the northwest has only five
per cent of all the Holsteins in the
United States, but that the north
west does have:
The first cow to produce as
much as 35,000 pounds of milk
and the only cow to have pro
duced that amount twice.
The first and only cow to have
produced 37,000 pounds of milk
in one year. .
The first cow to have produced
as much as 33,000 pounds of milk.
The first cow to iave prodnced
30.000 pounds of milk at two dif
ferent years.
'The first cow to have produced
1.000 pounds or more of butter
for four different years.
The only cow to have produced
as much as 1400 pounds of butter
fat for two different years.
Of 118 Holsteins which have
produced 1000 pounds or more
of butter in one year, the north
west has produced 37 of them.
The Guernseys
The Guernsey cow has not been
doing business in Oregon as long
as has the Jersey and the Holstein,
but in the few years she has been
on the job she has made rapid
strides and is making her influ
ence felt in the improvement of
the dairy stock of the state in
phenomenal manner.
We are indebted to Mrs. A. I.
Hughes for the following data on
the class leaders of the Guernsey
breed in Oregon.
(As Mrs. Hughes gives the same
information in her letter in this
issue, this data is omitted Ed.)
Mrs. Hughes has given no show
ring records, modesty preventing,
since her own cows have been
conspicuous winners in recent
OF THE HOLSTEIN BREED
Outside of Oregon
years. Sorry to have no data, but
one fact stands oat worthy Jt
mention, vis: At the Alaska Yu
kon Exposition, In competitlgs
with the champion winners on the
eastern circuit, two Oregon cows
won first and second. First in,
class and senior and grand champ
ion was won by Kate's Beauty
and second in class was won by
Evaline's Queen of Oregon. Both
these cows were bred, owned and
exhibited by D. H. Looney. pion
eer Guernsey breeder, who ha
dene much to bring this breed
to the fore in the state. Mrs.
Hughes is responsible for the
statement that from two Guernsey
females bought in Clackamas
county in 1912, in 1927 the Guern
sey ' breeders sold 170 head of
pure breds and 8 grades for a
rdund $35. 000. That should da
for a clincher on the Guernsey as
a money maker.
The Brown Swiss
Joining forces with the other
dairy breeds in the batle against
the scrub, the Brown Swiss have, :
in & nulAt h4fn rodarln '
good service for many years, B.
P. Inman of Junction City and
Theo. Brugger of Gresham are the
pioneers with this breed In Ore
gon, joined in recent years by a
live wire in the persoa e J- Bo
eckli of Linnton.
Sorry we have no data on their
records at the pail or in the show
ring, but perhaps oe of these
breeders will furnish some facts
along those lines. We do happen
to remember that at the A, T. P..
B. P. In man 's Flossie X. won tlxst
over all cosaers.
Tle Ayrshire
The hardy little Ayrshire, so
popular In her natlre heath and
with her four square adder car
ried close up to her body so well
adapted to grase legged-off stamp
pastures, has not become nusanr
ons as might he expected in this
state.
Many years ago the D y nisiis,
of Portland, established the Kel
vin Grove herd and for a long
time maintained it at a high stan
dard of excellence. a fact I think
the herd is still well maintained,
though they hare not pmt oat a
show herd as formerly. lor nxany
years.
W. J. Domes of Potk coanty es
tablished a good sized, represent
ative herd of this breed abort
years ago, and since his dnath his
widow has continued the business
on the same farm, bat has not ex
hibited. I We have neither production nor
show ring records of either of
these herds.
J. D. MrCKLB
Worchester Bldg., Portland, Ore,
(Mr. Mickle is Oregon stata
dairy and food commissioner, an4
one of the leading men In his
field in the whola country. Kdj
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WINS IN DEBATE
(Following, an item rrom a
current bulletin of the department
of industrial journalism of the
Oregon Agricultural college!)
When James, Goes of Portland,
senior in agriculture, won first la
the Old Line oratorical contest
last week against a field of eight
representatives from other Ore
gon colleges and universities and
normal schools, he made It "two
straight" for his institution. Last
year the contest was won by Rob
ert Griffin, Corvallis. who is at
present a member of the trans
continental debate spuad that Is
meeting with outsanding success,
having lost but two debates out
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