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Bishop 3506, a son of Benjamin, was sire of a number of ani- 

 mals in the Advanced Registry, and his son Glenwood Bishop 

 9186 was the sire of Glenwood's Buttercup 48137, with a record 

 of 769.82 pounds of fat in a year. Suke of Rosendale 6520, by 

 Benjamin, was the dam of Prince Rosendale 4291, well known 

 as a show bull and as a sire of cows with creditable tests. 



The Yeksa family descends from Yeksa 2426, bred by I. J. 

 Clapp of Wisconsin and calved April 12, 1885. She was a heavy 

 milker and is said to have a private record of over 600 pounds of 

 butter as a three-year- 

 old. She had one son, 

 Yeksa 's Prince 1943, 

 and two daughters, 

 Queen Vashti 6051 

 and Bonny Jean 3646. 

 This son was the sire 

 of Yeksa Sunbeam 

 15439, the record of 

 which in 1904-1905 of 

 1 4,92 1 pounds of milk 

 and 857.1 pounds of 

 fat was the first notable 

 feat of production by 

 a cow of the breed and 

 resulted in attracting 

 much attention to this line of breeding. Queen Vashti was 

 the dam of Queen Deette 9794, with a record of 669.82 

 pounds of fat in a year, and of Yeksa's Queen 6631, whose son 

 Guydette 3966 was sire of Yeksarose 16610, with a record of 

 678.16 pounds of fat. A grandson of Yeksa's Queen in this 

 line, Endymion 8916, sired a number of Advanced-Registry 

 daughters, including Endymion's Primrose 23795, with test of 

 848.88 pounds of fat in a year. Lord Yeksa 6451, another 

 grandson, sired Yeksa's Tops of Gold's Fannie 22362, with a 

 record of 19,795 pounds of milk and 981.53 pounds of fat in a 

 year. This family has combined show-yard and producing merit 

 in a high degree. For some years following the test of Yeksa 

 Sunbeam cattle of this family were in great demand. 



FIG. 176. Lord Yeksa 6451, owned by J. H. Beirne, 



Oakfield, Wisconsin. A very successful sire. From 



photograph, in 1904, by the author 



