1916.] 



HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 



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Present day breeders have but a slight conception of the 

 obstacles, prejudice and ignorance met and overcome by the 

 pioneers, from the public, the press, and even by ardent admirers 

 of the breed, with respect to the marvelous productions obtained. 

 When Aaggie made the world's record by producing 18,004 lbs. of 

 milk in one year, prominent writers said that while they had 

 always held the owners of this cow in high esteem, they felt it 

 their duty to say that such records were incorrect and impossible. 

 This was before the time of the present system of producing ad- 

 vanced registry records, but when it is considered that there are 

 now recorded more than four hundred cows and heifers that have 

 produced above 18,000 pounds in one year under strict supervision, 

 and that Lutsche Vale Cornucopia has recently produced 31,239.2 

 pounds, the validity of those early records is not questioned. 



There are now registered in the Herd Book 307,054 cows and 

 172,319 bulls (January 1, 1915), and the figures following are 

 interesting, as they show the remarkable rate of increase in 

 registered animals by years since 1897. 



Date Number Date Num.ber 



1897 2,536 1907 14,650 



1898 2,963 1908 16,534 



1899 6,478 1909 19,591 



1900 4,746 ' 1910 26,176 



1901 4,862 1911 32,889 



1902 5,990 1912 37,435 



1903 6,841 1913 43,215 



1904 8,044 1914 79,000 



1905 9,773 1915 92,048 



1906 11,823 



No other breed stands parallel in increase of registered 

 animals. 



A Holstein Heifer the World's Wonder. 



Since the inception of the present day method of conducting 

 official tests, wherein the milk is weighed and the fat is estimated 

 by means of the Babcock test, the Holstein has demonstrated her 

 qualities favorable to comparison with any breed of cattle. Prac- 

 tically all short time records are held by cows of this breed, and 



