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 /^ bred Holstein herd topped the 

 \J Illinois State Holstein sale on 

 the Elwood and Nelson farm a mile 

 northwest of DeKalb, Oct. 29 both in 

 the cow and bull classes. 



A beautiful, typy three-year old cow, 

 going back to the famous King Bessie 

 Ormsby Pietertje on the dam's side, 

 and to Prince Colanthus Abbelcerk 

 on the sire's side brought the top price 

 of $400. This young cow had a rec- 

 ord of 526 lbs. of fat (3.88% test) 

 with her first calf and was sold due to 

 freshen within a short time. 



Top price for a bull was brought by 

 a growthy, straight-topped yearling of 

 King Bessie Ormsby Pietertje breeding 

 out of a cow with 618 lbs. of butter- 

 fat and more than 17,000 lbs. of milk 

 as a two-year old. He sold to C. P. 

 Walters of DeKalb county for $323.00. 



The 66 head consigned by some 37 

 Illinois breeders were generally of good 

 quality although only a few measured 

 up to the highest standards in breeding, 

 individuality, and high milk and butter- 

 fat records. 



Prices for good cows ranged from 

 $150 to $200 with thpse showing a 

 little age bringing the smaller figure 

 and the younger cows with good breed- 

 ing and type selling up to $200 and 

 more. 



Here are a few representative sales: 

 7 yr. old cow due in February, good 

 individual with 16,000 milk and 478 

 lbs. fat as a 3-yr. old, consigned by 

 Willis Gardner, McHenry county, price 

 $200.00; four year old cow with 9358 

 lbs. milk, 344 fat as a 2-yr. old, due 

 Dec. 10, price $150, same breeder; well 

 grown, typy 2-yr. old show heifer due 

 to freshen in Dec. sold by Geo. M. 

 Getzendaner, Ogle county, price 

 $190.00; 5-yr. old, show type cow with 

 13,000 milk in 247 days (now on test) 

 and prospects of 500 lb. of fat, due 

 Dec. 31 sold by John R. Logan, Winne- 

 bago county, price $200.00; big, typy 

 5-yr. old cow with 11,792 milk and 

 424 lbs. fat in 273 days as a 4-yr. old, 

 price $200.00, sold by John Derrer, 

 Carroll county; beautiful 7-yr. old, 

 heavy milker with 12,334 lbs. milk 

 468 fat as a 4 yr. old, $295.00; nice 

 5-yr. old cow due Nov. 12 with 370 

 lbs. fat and 11,000 lbs. milk as 3-yr. 

 old, price $135.00 sold by W. J. Sway- 

 er, Gurnee, Lake county; milky 3-yr. 

 old cow with 491 lbs. fat (4% test) 

 and 12,352 lbs. milk as 2-yr. old due 

 Nov! 16 price $200.00 sold by George 

 Hawkins, Wasco, Kane county, and 

 so on. Farm adviser C. T. Kibler of 



Jersey county bought a fine foundation 

 cow — a 5-yr. old, with 16,306 lbs. 

 milk and 566 fat in 318 days — for 

 $215 from Mooseheart. He later 

 bought her heifer calf for $52.50. Prof. 

 W. W. Yapp representing the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois purchased a choice 

 5-yr. old cow with 17,140 milk and 

 629 lbs. fat as a 3-yr. old from W. 

 W. Taylor of Hanna City, Peoria 

 county, for $300.00. 



A number of serviceable, typy year- 

 ling bulls out of dams with good cow 

 testing association records brought 

 from $150 to $175. Most of the rec- 

 ords quoted were made on two times 

 a day milking in CTA work. 



The animals were picked for the sale 

 by a committee with J. E. McQuaid of 

 Mooseheart as chairman, E. M. Clark, 

 director of extension, National Hol- 

 stein Association assisting. Gene Mack 

 cried the sale. G. M. Householder of 

 Madison, Wis., was pedigree man. 



Practically all the breeders are active 

 members of. the Farm Bureau and Illi- 



LEISUBE-TIME HANDICRAFT 

 Five articles, gloves, morts, hand towels 

 and a handbag, made in spore time by 

 Illinois farm women were selected by 

 Home Bureau judges recently to repre- 

 sent the state in an exhibit at Lexington. 

 Ky. Selections irom this show will be 

 sent to England next June as a part oi 

 the American display at an international 

 convention oi country women. 



nois Agricultural Association in their 

 resp>ective counties. 



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DECEMBER. 1938 



