FAMOUS HOLSTEIN NAMES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1359, 9 February 1912, Page 8

FAMOUS HOLSTEIN NAMES.

'AN-DfTIIR.EST.rNG EBVIEWi. . Tho fact that so many podigreo Hol-Btoin'-l'riesian cattle have been imported from America by the Governmont and private breeders during tho past fewmonths lends special interest to a review of some familiar Holstein llamas published in "Hoard's Dairymau," under tho name of Mr. Malcolm H. Gardner, of '.Wisconsin. Tho lengthy names which aristocratic Holsteius carry, savs Mr. Gardner, are a valuable asset "to (ho owner, in that he can incorporate- a good part of the pedigree in the name, and soshow descent.from noted animals; for tho Holstein-Friesiau Association does not allow tho ee of any family namo unless I ho animal bearing it is a direct descendant of tho animal .whoso namo is used, nor docs it allow that any two animals in its Herd Book shall' bear the same name. Herein lies tho explanation for tho use of such long, odd names by Hol-stcin-Friosian breeders, that many "of 'tho animals originally imported from Holland were allowed to retain their Dutch names; and that if animals with Dutch names became famous, there was a natural desire among breeders to incorporate, such noted names in the names.'of their descendants. Hut many of the younger breeders of Holsteiu-Friesian cattle knew nothing of tho origin of many of the names, and it might be interesting to bring out some of the past history of tho breed, so far as it relates to a few of these names. . Tho importation of Dutch cattle began in the sixties. Early in the seventies Mr. Gcrrit Miller, of Petcrboro, N.Y., began weighing and recording tho milk from the individuals of his herd; and starting with 12,G81.'.1b. milk produced bv Mr. Miller';, cow, Dowager, by ISSI the breeders of Dutch cattla had pushed up tfio milk record to over 18,0001b. in one year. It began to be generally admitted that the Dutch cattle wore great milkers, but . doubts were thrown upon their butter-producing capacity. In the spring of 1881 Mr. Solomon Hoxie, (hen secretary of tho Dutch Friesian Association, made tho first known butter' test of a Dutch cow; getting with the crudest appliancos'noarly seventy-five pounds of butter,"from about 18001b. of milk.in twenty-eight days.. Two years later the "Breeders' Gazetto" offered a prize cup to the cow of nivy breed producing tho most butter in thirty days, everybody expecting that it would bo won" by 'a Jersey cow, MERCEDES. But Mr. T. B. Wales, then .secretary of tho Holstein Association, entered the,contest with the Holstein cow, Mercedes; mid the competition between her and tho leading Jersey cow, Mary Ann of St. Lambert, entered by Mr. Valancey E. Fuller, was close. Mercedes won with a record of nearly 1001b. of butter in thirty davs; and this victory greatly-, encouraged the breeders of Dutch cattle, stimulating them to test their cows for butter, and brought Mercedes to tho front, animals Trith her blood being in wide demand. Tho matter niado tho greater impression on me, because the winter before, .when I was in tho market for my first purebred bull, a son of Mercedes had been offered mo and refused, I taking instead (and at a larger price), the voung bull, Friesland Boy. Tho. bull I rejected was the afterwards noted Mercedes Prince, though not then known by that name. I rejected him mostly because ■Jio was not marked just to suit me, and had a slight crook in his tail, where it luid been broken, and I was also influenced a little because it was thought that Mercedes had injured ono quarter of her udder. But auother man bought tho bull; Mercedes camo in. all right; and as soon as it was seen what sho was going to do, Secretary Wales quietly sent an agent to buy back Mercedes Prince. Later her only son sold for JJ1250, and a heifer calf for .£IOOO, both at public sale. .Whenever I see a breeder making colour a chief point in buying or breeding of cattle. I think of my own early folly and loss. Mercedes 2nd is said to have produced nearly 271b. of butter; and though Mercedes died soon after her great victory, her blood has been widely disseminated through her sons anil daughters. Her name appears in combination in tho names of many hundreds of Hol-stein-Friesian cows; but as times goes on, it will bo gradually crowded out by the names of later butter queens. It may be said that it is doubtful as to tho 1001b. of butter produced by -Mercedes containing even 801b. of butter-fat; but on the other hand—and this applies to all the early butter Tecords—it must lie'remembered that the centrifugal separator had not then come into use, and that there was no -way of recovering in the butter anywhere near the entire fat content of the milk. Over 350 HolsteinTricsian cows have under official test produced abovd SOlb. of fat in thirty days, so her yield is nothing remarkable'from tho standpoint of the present time; but it must not be forgotten that without pioneer records of early days to blaze tho "way, the wonderful development of the .Holstein-Friesiau breed as a butter breed .would not have been possible. CLOTHILDE. ' Besides Secretary Wales, T. O. Teoffians and Sons and Smiths and Powell ■were prominent in tho early development of the breed in butter-producing lines. In the spring of 1887, a great dairv show was held in New York, one of its features being a butter production competition open to ail breeds; and Smiths and Powell were ready with Holstein-I'riesiaus. As the main prisio in the butter contest, (ho president of tho American Jersey Cattle Club had offered a silver cup, expecting, as a matter of course, that a .icrsey cow would win if, and so sure of t.h.13 was he- that ho had a beautiful portrait of a Jersey cow engraved upon the cup. Hut tho Holstein-Friesiau cows, Clothildc and Clothilde 4th, were first and Bceond in the l list, and Smiths and Powell earned off as a trophy the Jersey cup. On this victory and the cup, Holstein.T'nesiau breeders gave their Jersey friends "tho laugh" in earnest; while 'the outcome of tho event encouraged thorn greatly in their efforts to demonstrate tho'butle'r capacity of the breed. At this Dairy Show. Clothilde, then eight years of age, produced 25 per cent, more butter than her nearest Jersey competitor; while her thrce-vear-old ilau-h----icr, Clothilde -Kit, exceeded that sam» .competitor by six per cent. Clothildc is credited in the Advanced Hegister with over 2R.000U). of milk j„ 01U! Vl . :ir) ~m j over 23.51b. of butter in one week. Not only was die a great cow herself,'but bho also showed that .Jie could nass on her good qualities to her daughters. Oi flaug.iter?, she had eight in succession, but no.sons; and every daughter proved ni'ffJiV*-™' fnr |jotl ' " liik "ml ''"Iter. Clothilde 2nd is credited with :i(l!lb. of I', • . r , ni *""'" (li, Vi - illmost I-""''>• in thirty days, and over 2:i,(iofllb. milk in one year; while Clothilde 4th is credited with 'i 1 • I ? n °A,l 2l! «' of ., lsuM; " r '" sovun days and 30,a001b. ot milk in one year, at three jears of age. 'PAULINE HAUL. Paulino Paul and De Kol 2nd are often thought of together, because thev were for some time in the same herd and because of the union of their blood in lh« (Teat bull, Paul De Kol. Paulino'Paul Was two years tho elder, being one year old when Mercedes won the "Breeders' cup, and livo years of age at the time of ClothiiuVs triumph. When Bho was eight years of ago, lier owners, I J. B. Butcher and Sons, Pawling, NewYork, started her on the year's test, during which she is credited in the "Advanced Register" with a production of IS.GGtI.SIb. milk mid 11311b. butter. When tins great record was reported it aroused much criticism; it being claimed that no cow could produce so much butter in onu year. Of late years, however, HolsteinFricsian and Jersey cows have, produced, nnder semi-official test, sufficient fat to exceed tho claimed butter production of Paulino Paul; and whatever we may think Of her record, we cannot doubt its possibility. It is another of those rases when it is probable that a largo amount Of lat was lost in the skim-milk, but Where the butter was weighed in an extremely moist condition, to say the least. Tho i.'Jl per cent, fat required in the milk to produce that amount of but.ter hariug an 80 per cent, fat content would

indicate that. She was a groat cow, ot fino individuality, and through two tons nml ono daughter became, grandant of . r >o A. It. 0. daughters. Any cow—and there arc a lot of them—having the name of Paul ir Paulino in combination can bo traced hack to her. DE KOL 2ND. Tho name Dp Kol is almost a household word among Jlolstt-iu-i'ricsiaii breeders; tho name occurring moro often than, any other in the many combinations. She was bred by Jlr. ]'. Do Boer, of the provinco of .North Holland, and was born soon after her dam was imported. When about live years of age she is credited in tho "Advanced liogjster" with having produced/ nearly 3331b. of butter for J. H. Hotelier and Sons; and not long after sho passed into hands of Henry Stevens and Sons, of Lacoua, X.Y. hi IS'JJi the' Ilolstein-r'riesinn Association established the official test as now conducted, and Ho .Kol 2nd was one of tho first cows to bo tested under tho new system. Although eleven years of age, she produced in seven days 536\81b. of milk, containing 21.2611b. of butter-fat, the record being so inado that no one thought of disputing its accuracy. It was the beginning of a new era in tho breeding ot dairy cattle, making a record a known quantity; for the invention of the Babcock test made it possible to accurately estimate the fat in tho milk, and the conduct of the tests by State agricultural colleges placed jt in disinterested hands. Da Kol Snd's record was made nearly seventocn years ago. and has been bettered by nearly 400 Holstcin-rriesian cows since, but for two years, and milil the record was moved up a notch by Xetherland.Hongerveld,' she was the most noted cow in the world. There is no cow of any breed whoso blood has been so widely disseminated. Through seven sons anil live daughters, she became gramldam of 217 A.K.O. granddaughters while her more distant A.K.O. descendants arc legion. Ju fact, out of a. large number of animals admitted to the Advanced .Register each year there are comparatively few that, ilo not havo He Kol 2nd somewhere in their ancestry. It is'probably to Do Kol 2nd and her descendants that Holsteiu-Friesian breeders owe the present tendcucv toward the predominance of white in colour markings; a tendency that should bo discoursed by all breeders having the good of the breed at heart. The typical I'riesian animal is nearly evenly black and white, but as she has u white belly and legs she looks to have a larger proportion of blade than sho really has. The colour markings of tho original importations from Fi-iesland read largely as follow:— lilack, with shield, snip, throat, brisket, stripe over shoulders and over hips, belly, legs, and one-half tail, white. It is nearly impossible to find a black animal of any kind that does not. show some vihitc hairs somewhere, usually at the extremities, like the star, snip, "or hoof of a black horse, though on a black cat the only white will often be found on tho extreme back part of the belly. Jt would be practically impossible, to breed the whito eft the cattle; but the black can bo bred off, and it is entirely possible'to breed IlolsteinOfriesians that cannot be recorded because they show no black. A colour fad is one of the most mischievous for breeders to tako up. JOHANNA AND COLANTHA. In the Middle West, as well as to a certain e.xtent in. other parts of tho country, havo been bred large numbers of animals with Johanna or Colautha in their names, and they trace to the two animals, Johanna and Colantha, foundation stock for the herd of Gillett ami Son, Kosendale, Wis. Neither of these animals appears in tho "Advanced Uegistcr," but tho success of Mr. Gillett with their descendants has made both noted. Mr. W. J. Gillett induced his father to pay a large price for the cow- Johanna, and he had very hard luck in getting the family started. Her first two daughters proved cither shy or non-breeders; and tho J.ohannas.aro all descended from Johanna dth and Johanna sth. Mr. Gillett showed perseverance, and his perseverance has met with its reward, for the Johanna taimly is now thoroughly well established and known everywhere. . Tho culminating .point of his breedin" is tho combination of Colantha and Johanna blood in the veins of Colantha Ith's Johaim a -i)98.261b. fat from 27 132 51b milk in 3G5 days-tho onlv Jlolsteini'nesiau cow t o> at one t ; me> ho!(1 t , cord in all four of the Holstcin-Friosian prize divisions. There have been mamnoted cows that have handed down their names, and an article of this lci ml m j ßht be indefinitely extended; but enough' has been written to show why HolsteinIncsum breeders hold to the names thev