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pounds. Mature bulls are often very heavy. Kate Spray's Paul 

 DeKol, when owned by the Ohio State University, attained a 

 weight of 2600 pounds and never was fat. The bull Constantyn 

 2040 H. H. B., when six years old, weighed 27 1 5 pounds. Nether- 

 land Prince 716 H. H. B., the most famous bull imported twenty- 

 five years ago, at eight years weighed 2050 pounds. Parthenia 2d's 

 Sir Henry 12366, one of the great show bulls of his day, weighed 

 2500. A reasonable and moderate weight for the aged bull ranges 



from 1900 to 2000 

 pounds. Like the 

 males, the females of 

 the breed sometimes 

 attain great size. The 

 cow Rosa Bonheur 5th 

 11227 weighed as high 

 as 1850 pounds while 

 owned by the Michigan 

 Agricultural College, 

 while Belle Sarcastic 

 2 339> owned by the 

 same college, weighed 

 1900 pounds when fat. 

 These cows, however, 

 are extreme cases. 

 Among noted cows of 

 the breed at maturity, Pietertje 2d 3273 H. H. B. weighed 1365 

 pounds; DeKol 2d 734 H. H. B., -1240; Pauline Paul 2199 

 H. H. B., 1450; Aaggie 901 H. H. B., 1375; Echo 121 H. 

 H. B., 1920; Princess of Wayne 954 H. H. B., 1370; Segis 

 Fayne Johanna 114648, 1450 pounds normally, 1900 fat; Fin- 

 derne Hollingen Fayne 144551, 1450; College Belle Wayne, 

 1980; and Ormsby Jane Segis Aaggie 150943, 1500 pounds. 

 For mature cows a weight of 1250 to 1400 is acceptable, some 

 families tending to weigh heavier than others. 



Measurements of Holstein-Friesian cows have been taken to 

 some extent, especially in connection with Advanced Registry rec- 

 ords. While no pertinent conclusions have thus far been drawn 

 from measurements of this kind, the figures secured indicate 



FIG. 156. Mercedes Julip's Pietertje's Paul 29830, 

 a Holstein-Friesian bull in two-year form and of 

 excellent type. Owned by H. L. Bronson, Cort- 

 land, New York. From photograph, by courtesy of 

 American Agriculturist 



