74 HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 



This is not Parthenea's first appearance before the public. She was 

 imported by Mr. F. C. Stevens in 1884 as a calf, and has been a member of his 

 show herds nearly every season since that date. She was a member of the First 

 Prize herd at the Madison Square Garden Cattle Show in 1887 and gave 

 over 70 Ibs. of milk daily during the ten days of the great exhibition, in public, 

 and was but three years old at that time. 



Parthenea was entered in the public butter tests of 1889 and won first 

 premium at Detroit Exposition last September for largest yield of butter in 

 twenty -four hours and the fact that she did so more than six months after 

 calving speaks well for her great staying qualities. 



Her last record is, we think, without exception the largest ever made and 

 again calls attention to the superior qualities of Holstein-Friesian cattle and to 

 members of Maplewood herd which contains many animals closely related to 

 this noted cow. 



It will be remembered that the Holstein-Friesian Association's national 

 prize of gold medals and cash for largest milk record made at any fair or 

 exposition during 1889 was won by Lutske, a member of Maplewood herd, also 

 both first and second prizes offered for largest butter record went to Tirannia 

 and Alberta Abbekerk, also members of Maplewood herd Alberta Abbekerk 

 is a half sister to Parthenea and the quantities made by these cows are the 

 largest ever made in a public test. All of the best and leading breeds were 

 well represented in the competition and the number of contestants numbered 

 hundreds in the different states. 



In high altitudes the Holstein-Friesian appears able to produce as abund- 

 antly as on her native land. Messrs. Ehrich & White, of the Colorado Springs 

 Gardens Company, made the following report in July, 1890, of the perform- 

 ance of their cow Natsey. They state the cow Natsey, 2265 H. H. B., has made 

 an undoubted record of 34 Ibs. 9 oz. of unsalted butter in seven days, which beats 

 Lady Baker's record of last year by 3 oz., and which, we believe, is the greatest 

 seven days' butter record ever made by a Holstein-Friesian cow. 



The following table gives the weight of each day's production of milk. The 

 cream was churned in two separate lots : 



June 28, 1890, 81 1-2 Ibs. 



" 29, " 79 



30, " 80 



July 1, " 79 " 



319 18 Ibs. 13 oz. unsalted butter. 



July 2, 1890, 79 



3, " 79 4-16 



4, " 71 



229 4-16 15 Ibs. 12 oz. unsalted butter. 



Total, 548 Ibs. 12 oz. milk made 34 Ibs. 9 oz. butter ; 15| Ibs. milk to 1 Ib. 

 butter. 



The test was unsatisfactory in one respect. Through an unavoidable acci- 

 dent in handling the cream of the first four days, about one quart of it was 

 spilled and lost. This would have added at least 7 or 8 oz. of butter to the 

 record. This, however, is our misfortune, and we only claim the actual pro- 

 duct of butter. 



The cow was fed ground corn and oats, wheat bran, cotton seed meal, oil 

 meal, alfalfa and green clover, all the alfalfa and clover she would eat. She 

 had no drink except what she obtained from the water troughs in the yard. 

 We will not take the space here to publish all the affidavits of those who had 

 the cow in charge. Suffice it to say, that we have them in due form in our 

 possession, and copies may be had by any one desiring them. 



Natsey, 2265 H. H. B., was bred by M.S. Veeman, Marssum, Friesland, and 

 was calved March 5, 1881, and was imported by Thomas B. Wales, July 21, 

 1882. She was sold to H. A. Morse, of Genoa Bluffs, la., who sold her to H. A. 

 Brown of Marengo, la. And then Mr. Wales bought her again, and sold her to 

 Messrs. Ehrich & White at the Chicago sale, November 14, 1889. 



In June, 1889, Mr. Wales tested her, and she made 30 Ibs. 9 oz. butter from 

 473 Ibs. 15 oz. milk. 



He says that the circumstances of the test were unfavorable, and was quite 

 positive that she could surpass Lady Baker under equal conditions. Her 

 Advanced Registry number is 646. She is a magnificent animal, and one of the 

 strongest and heartiest cows we have ever seen. 



