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The Journal of Heredity 



HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN COWS ON A VIRGINIA FARM 

 "Success in tin- (lair\- l)ii; iiirss (Il'ihmkIs \cry largt-h" upon the a\xTat;c [jioduction of the cows 

 that are in the milking lienl." This paper shows, by presenting the lineage of certain well estab- 

 lished families, how "well bred animals of good invidiiality are essential to successful breeding" 

 for high milk and buttcrfat production. S'early records form the basis of the study, and it is 

 noted how certain blood lines are responsible for the greatest records of production. Photo by L, 

 \V. Hceson. (Kig. 21.) 



genealog\- table which follows it will 

 give you the relationship of these sires, 

 showing' that they virtually all fall into 

 three well defined families, with various 

 sub-branches. 



In studying the pedigree of King 

 Segis Pontiac Count, it will be noted 

 that he combines the blood lines of King 

 Segis Pontiac Korndyke, and Henger- 

 veld<;DeKol, and that the-se three indi- 

 viduals represent three of the greatest 

 sires that brought about early improve- 

 ment in the Holstein-Friesian breed in 

 America. PracticalK- all the sires found 

 in this pedigree are noted for the pro- 

 duction f)f their daughters and their 

 abilit\- to traiusmit production down 

 through the various generations. 



Table IV gi\es the sires having two 

 or more daughters with records equiv- 

 alent to or greater than 800 pounds 

 Three hundred and se\'enty-two cows 

 have a [jroduction equi\alent to or 

 greater than 800 pounds, but in the 

 list of sires with two or luore daughters 

 there are onh' 58. .Sir Pietertje Ormsby 

 Mercedes heads this list with 16 

 daughters. King of the Pontiacs is 

 second with 14, King Segis Pontiac 

 Count is third with 12. Pontiac Aaggie 

 Kornd\ke has 9, King Pontiac Cham- 

 pion 8, and Sir Johamia Piebe has 7. 

 Two sires have 6 daughters each, two 

 ha\e fi\'e, four ha\e 4 daughters each, 

 14 sires ha\e .S daughters each, M) sires 

 have 2 daughters each, and the re- 



maining 166 cows with high produc- 

 tion are sired by different individuals. 



This again brings out the fact that 

 no one particular sire has a monopoly 

 on all the really high producing 

 daughters, and that 166 sires have been 

 able to produce one such daughter, but 

 no more. When we consider that only 

 58 sires have qualified for this list, it 

 gives us some idea of the value to be 

 placed upon the animals found in this 

 list, and the wonderful records of 

 their daughters, as well as their ability 

 to transmit high production. This is 

 more forcibly brought out when one 

 studies the genealogy table, tracing out 

 the blood lines and relationship of these 

 sires It is seen that these sires are 

 found in the same blood lines as the 

 list of sires with 1000 pound daughters, 

 and in fact are so closely related that 

 it would be impossible to draw a line or 

 show any distinction between the blood 

 lines of one group and the other. 



Table V is made up of sires having 

 five or more daughters with records 

 eqin'\-alent to or greater than 600 

 pounds butterfat. Sir Pietertje Orms- 

 by Mercedes heads this list with 42 

 daughters. King of the Pontiacs is sec- 

 ond with 25, King Pontiac Champion 

 is tliird with 22, Dutchland Colantha 

 Sir Inka is fourth with 19, Sir Johaiuia 

 Fayne with 17 is fifth. Another sire 

 has 14 daughters, three sires have 13 

 each, one has 12, one 1 1 , tourli.iN e 10, six 



