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exploiting these as families of their own production, which is 

 more or less true. The following families are of special note : 



The Aaggie family is descended from Aaggie 901 H. H. B., 

 imported in 1879 by Smith and Powell of Syracuse, New York, and 

 sired by Rooker, one of the noted bulls in Holland. Aaggie 

 was credited with producing 89! pounds of milk in a day and 

 18,005 pounds in a year. Her daughter Aaggie 2d, by Jacob 2d, 

 made a yearly record of 20,763 pounds of milk. In 1888 Smith 

 and Powell stated in their catalogue that " the records made by 

 Aaggie cows have done more to give the Holstein-Friesian breed 

 its present reputation than those of any other family." Eighteen 

 cows of the family were then credited with an average for one 

 year of 16,059 pounds of milk, and 19 Aaggie cows in the Smith 

 and Powell herd averaged 18 pounds 2-|- ounces butter in seven 

 days. The noted Ormsby Jane Segis Aaggie 150943, -the first 

 44-pound A. R. O. heifer (whose son King Ormsby Jane Rag 

 Apple sold for $53,200), traces through her line of female descent 

 to old Aaggie. So also does Sir Veeman Hengerveld 36158, a 

 grandson of Paul DeKol 14634 (with 84 A. R. O. daughters), trace 

 to Aaggie on the sire's side. Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline 48426, 

 the first 34-pound cow, was seven generations descended from 

 Aaggie. This family is not so popular as it was some years ago, 

 yet many noted animals of to-day trace back to old Aaggie. 



The Clothilde family traces to Clothilde 1308 H. H. B., 

 imported as a yearling in 1880 by Smith and Powell. In 1887 

 Clothilde won the sweepstakes prize as the best butter cow of any 

 breed at the New York Dairy and Cattle Show. At six years of 

 age she had a record of 88| pounds of milk in a day and 26,021 

 pounds 2 ounces in a year. Clothilde had eight daughters and 

 no sons. Her daughter Clothilde 2d 1451 is credited with 30* 

 pounds butter in seven days and 23,600 pounds milk in a year. 

 Pontiac Clothilde DeKol 2d 69991, with an A. R. O. record 

 of 1271.60 pounds 80 per cent butter in a year, combines the 

 blood of the DeKol and Clothilde families. In recent years no 

 very great attention has been centered on this family, although it 

 is regarded with favor. 



The DeKol family is descended from DeKol 2d 734 H. H. B., 

 calved in 1884 and imported from Holland in 1885 by Lord 



