96 HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 



When Clothilde astonished the dairy world by this great performance 

 many explanations were attempted by incredulous and envious persons. 

 Public favor, with this victory, largely turned toward the Holstein-Friesians 

 and every argument was resorted to, to show that the Holstein was not 

 valuable nor profitable. We heard of "nervous theories," "musical disturb- 

 ances," "carelessness on the part of the Jersey people," "unfairness on the part 

 of the Holstein men," to account for the accident. That the full capacity of 

 this great cow, Clothilde, was not shown in the test, is demonstrated by the 

 fact that after being in the show ring, her yield continued increasing until 

 May 31, when she gave in one day, in three milkings, 101 Ibs. 2 oz., and made 

 a seven days test of 28 Ibs. 2 1-4 oz. of butter ; 23.66 Ibs. of milk making a pound 

 of butter. * She ate about 12 Ibs. of grain per day, consisting of two parts corn 

 meal, one part ground oats, two parts wheat bran with a little oil meal. She 

 was on good pasture and had a little green rye when she would eat it. 



Holstein-Friesian breeders were not surprised by the victory. They had 

 implicit faith in their cattle and only looked for an opportunity to demonstrate 

 to the world the superiority of their favorite over the Jersey as general dairy 

 cattle. The New York Dairy Show furnished a long looked for opportunity and 

 Holstein breeders made the most of it. One of the pleasant episodes of this 

 show was that an elegant horn cup, handsomely trimmed with silver and 

 engraved with the picture of a Jersey cow, had been donated by a well known 

 Jersey breeder to be awarded to the sweepstakes cow. It was remarked that 

 the engraving upon the cup had been a little premature. 



Prizes offered for quality of butter both first, second and third, were also 

 awarded to butter made from Holstein-Friesian milk. 



An amusing incident occurred at a lunch in the Garden attended by the 

 expert butter judges from Iowa and the noted Mr. Jackson from Boston. This 

 lunch was being enjoyed after the judges had performed their arduous task of 

 awarding the prizes. Judge Jackson was asked by an innocent if there was 

 any difference in the quality of Jersey and Holstein butter, and in a detailed 

 and elaborate manner kindly answered the inquiry showing conclusively wherein 

 it was impossible for Holstein butter to equal that of his favorites, the Jerseys 

 and Guernseys. Judge Jackson was as ignorant as a babe of the fact that the 

 butter, to which he had just awarded three prizes, designated by numbers only, 

 was made by Mr. F. C. Stevens, of Attica, N. Y., from Holstein milk. 



The Ohio Farmer said: "The triumph of the Holstein cow, Clothilde, over 

 the Jerseys, at the recent New York Dairy Show, was a severe blow to the 

 little Jerseys, and a boom for the Holsteins. Seven Jerseys and two Guernseys 

 were pitted against six Holsteins in the sweepstakes for the largest quantity of 

 butter produced during the twenty-four hours competition. The Jerseys were 

 all of famous blood and record and the general expectation was that they would 

 win. The Jersey Bulletin in its last week's issue skirmishes around lively to 

 find out ' who struck Billy Paterson.' It accounts for the failure of the Jerseys 

 on the ground that they are of a higher and more nervous organization. The 

 Holsteins are Dutch cattle, you know, and are therefore of a dull, phlegmatic 

 temperament. A band of music, which played incessantly, was the cause of 

 the whole trouble. Holsteins like music and Jerseys don't. It makes the 

 latter nervous, while the former will close their eyes and chew the cud of sweet 

 contentment as they listen to the familiar strains of ' Yankee Doodle ' or 

 ' Peek-a-Boo.' They have probably become accustomed to this in the beer 

 gardens of their native country. Another possible reason for the unexpected 

 result is that the building was too hot and it may be that Jerseys can't 

 stand heat as well as Holsteins. This should be looked after and at the next 

 show let music be banished from the building and the proper temperature 

 maintained." 



At the Ohio State Fair in 1887 twelve cows were entered, eight being Hol- 

 steins, two Ayrshires and two Jerseys. Three of the Holsteins were drawn on 

 account of injury to udder, and the "others because of coming in heat: 



The first prize was awarded to Mollie Anderson, whose yield of milk was 

 142 Ibs. 3 oz., containing 29.1 oz. of cream from which was made 4.12 Ibs. of 

 butter. The honor of this prize was shared with Nora of Oatfield, whose yield of 

 milk was 137.3 Ibs. containing 34 Ibs. 9 oz. of cream, making 4.12 oz. of butter. 

 The next highest cow in this test was an Ayrshire, Lucy Wood, whose milk 

 yield was 134 Ibs. 10 oz., containing 21 Ibs. 3 oz. of cream, from which was made 

 4 Ibs. 9 oz. of butter. The largest Jersey yield was 2 Ibs. 15 oz. of butter, and 



