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(imp.), which of course makes Tormentor a member of the 

 Coomassie family. Tormentor proved to be one of the greatest 

 Jersey sires, both of males and females. In the days of private 

 tests his daughters reached high records, and his sons were 

 credited with many daughters with tests of note. Tormentor 

 breeding has received special distinction through his son Sophie's 

 Tormentor 20883, the sire of Sophie iQth of Hood Farm 189743, 

 without question thus far the greatest producing cow of the breed. 

 Figgis 76106, champion Jersey cow at the Louisiana Purchase 



FIG. 146. Sophie I9th of Hood Farm 189748, the greatest producing Jersey cow 

 in history. In seven periods of lactation she produced 5280 pounds of butter fat. 

 Owner Hood Farm, Lowell, Massachusetts. From photograph by the author 



Exposition and one of the great Jersey matrons, was a daughter 

 of Sophie's Tormentor and mother of Hood Farm Pogis 9th 

 55552, that up to January, 1918, had more sons and daughters 

 in the register of merit than any other bull of the breed, including 

 three cows with records of over 700 pounds of fat each in a year. 

 Jacoba Irene 146443, celebrated as one of the greatest producing 

 Jersey females, is five generations removed from Tormentor on 

 the dam's side. Among American Jersey families this at the 

 present day is a prime favorite. 



The Sayda family has for founder Sayda 4440, by Ned Booth 

 1501. Her daughter Sayda 3d 17317 was tenth in the Jersey 

 herd at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. This family 

 has been especially promoted by Ayer and McKinney, Meridale 



