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J. V. Gotta & Sons, Nursery, 111., write (September 15, 1894): "We have 

 had what we believe to be the largest bull-calf on record. He weighed at birth 

 132 Ibs. fair and square. He is another proof of the old saying that ' blood will 

 tell,' his sire being Sir Aaggie Clothilde, 7667, bred by Smiths, Powell & Lamb. 

 Sir Aaggie Clothilde is sired by Clothilde 4th Imperial, that Isaac Damon 

 described as * colossal in size and a perfect Apollo,' dam of Sir Aaggie Clothilde 

 is Aaggie Lee, a daughter of Napoleon, by Jacob 2d. Aaggie Lee has a butter 

 record of 21 Ibs. 5 oz. in 7 days at four years of age. The dam of our great calf 

 is Blanche W., 5228 H. H. B. Her sire, John Clay, 947, a son of Sligo, 621, and 

 Maud Clay, making him a half brother to Lady Baker. Blanche W.'s dam is 

 Memento 2d, 875, a daughter of Pilgrim, 317, consequently a half sister to the 

 great cow Rijaneta. Besides having such great blood back of him, and being 

 colossal in size to start on, this great calf is one of the best individuals we have 

 ever seen." 



George M. Westfall of Stockbridge. Mich., reports that his cow Stockbridge 

 Maid, 8826 H. F., on October 23, 1891, dropped a calf weighing 143 Ibs. at birth. 



H. Fulstone of Carson City, Nevada, writes: I find the Holsteins beat 

 anything for veal I ever raised. 



Mr. W. H. Logan, of Seaton, 111., reports a bull calf from a heifer two years 

 old, which weighed 102 Ibs. at birth. 



Mr. Jonathan Miller, Nunda, N. Y., reports a bull calf from an imported 

 cow, which at birth weighed 125 Ibs. and 194 Ibs. when two weeks old. 



Mr. B. G. Packard, of Rome, N. Y., reports a male calf which weighed at 

 birth 120 Ibs. 



Mr. James C. Cobb, of Dodd City, Texas, reports a calf from a two-year-old 

 heifer that weighed 75 Ibs. at birth, and at two weeks old weighed 112 Ibs., 

 showing a gain of 2- Ibs. per day. 



Cram Bros., Colfax, Wash., write: King Barrington, 2741 H. H. B., weighed 

 at birth 129 Ibs., and January 3, 1887, the day on which he was nine months old 

 he turned the scales at 1,014 Ibs. This calf had been shipped from New York 

 state to Washington when ten weeks old and confined in transit fourteen days. 

 The gain made was over 3^ Ibs. per day since birth. 



Mr. Albert French, president Hamilton County Agricultural Society of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, in an address before Hamilton County Institute, said: Some of 

 our calves have gained from 90 to 100 Ibs. per month, and the males will average 

 an increase of 3 Ibs. per day for the first year. 



The Holland veal is of great renown, the London market being largely sup- 

 plied from this source. Calves are shipped in great numbers to Detf ord on the 

 Thames, at which place they are slaughtered for market. 



Newton Bros, of State Center, Iowa, report the weight of bull calf Marquis 

 of Salisbury, 1048 H. F. H. B., as follows: At birth before taking milk, 116 Ibs.; 

 at six months, 730 Ibs.; on day he was ten months old he weighed 1,012 Ibs. 8 oz. 

 This was an average growth of 3 Ibs. per day. 



L. E. Steinmetz, of Carthage, Mo., reports one calf 104 days old that 

 weighed 365 Ibs.; another 110 days old weighed 340 Ibs. 



Mr. E. P. Beauchamp, of Terre Haute, Ind., writes. All butchers who have 

 had any experience with Holstein bullocks and calves give them a decided 

 preference over all other breeds. The Holstein calves are by far superior to all 

 other breeds both on account of their size and fine fibrous solid flesh. In no 

 case have the calves from my cows weighed less than 80 Ibs. at birth and in 

 several cases as high as 115 Ibs. 



H. C. Jewett & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., report weight of the calf Ofanto, 1155 

 H. F. H. B., at six months of age as 702 Ibs. 



Professor Morrow reports the following comparative experiments with 

 calves in Rural New Yorker, 1886, of different breeds for six months on grass 

 alone, also on a like grain ration. In giving figures we quote the grain fed 

 always first: Ayrshires, 405 and 280; Herefords, 400 and 263; Holsteins, 515 and 

 530; Shorthorns, 400 and 250. Showing a marked superiority for the Holsteins. 



