18S HQLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 



They proved to be animals of fine quality, unusually good handlers, even, 

 desirable milkers, good butter makers, and have added to the quality and finish 

 of nearly every herd into which they have been introduced. 



Artis was the most famous bull in Holland. His owner refused $2,000 for 

 him, which was considered an enormous price in that country. 



Among the first cows of the black-and-whites to give to the breed a national 

 reputation was Aegis, 69. 



She was bred by Hon. G. S. Miller, and sold to Messrs. Smiths & Powell Co., 

 in whose hands she and her nine daughters established the just claim as one of 

 the great families of the breed. 



Her sire was Rip Van Winkle, 35, and her dam was Agoo, 1, a daughter 

 of Dowager, 7, the first cow to make a well-authenticated milk record of 12,68H 

 Ibs. in a year. At six years of age Aegis surpassed all previous records, of all 

 breeds, by giving 16,823 Ibs. 10 oz. of milk in a year, and at thirteen years of 

 age she made 2 51bs. 13^ oz. of butter in a week, and 100 Ibs. 6 oz. in thirty days. 



Aegis and four of her daughters, the only ones tested for so long a period, 

 made yearly milk records which averaged for the five 14,714 Ibs. 12 oz., and 

 weekly butter records which averged 20 Ibs. 1 oz., although one was but two 

 years, and one but three years at time of test. 



Others showed equal promise, on shorter tests, before they were sold. Sev- 

 eral granddaughters, at two years, made yearly milk records of 9,000 to 10,000 

 Ibs. in a year, and butter records of from 10 to 14 Ibs. in a week. 



The Johanna family, which has won its way into distinction as among the 

 best of the breed, has been developed principally by Gillett & Son, whose herd 

 is largely made up of members of this great family of milk and butter pro- 

 ducers. Its origin comes from the great Johanna, bought by special order as 

 one of the greatest cows to be found in Holland, for Hon. G. S. Miller, in whose 

 hands she made a milk record of 88 Ibs. in one day and 2,407f Ibs. in one month. 

 It was while under this test she was selected by one of the members of the firm 

 of Gillett & Son at a cost of $537.50, although at the time she was a cow ten 

 years old. She proved herself a valuable acquisition to this great herd and as 

 a breeder of animals of the highest character, certainly one of the best of 

 the breed. 



She calved four daughters at Springvale, Johanna 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th ; also 

 one son. Johanna 2d and 3d were sent to the block because of being barren, 

 and her son died at one week old. We believe she produced for Mr. Miller two 

 sons and two daughters, viz.: Jonah, formerly at the head of J. W. Stillwell's 

 herd of Ohio ; Joe, who was retained for some years at the head of G. S. 

 Miller's herd. Joan of Arc and Joy, who produced in one day 67 Ibs. and 76 Ibs. 

 of milk respectively, were also keut bv the last named gentleman, where they 

 died. 



The many Johannas of Springvale herd are direct descendants of Johannas 

 4th and 5th, whose records follow : Johanna 4th at seven years old made a 

 milk record of 52 Ibs. in one day and a butter record of 16 Ibs. 10 oz. in one 

 week ; at ten years old she reached 76.2 Ibs. milk in one day, 2,006.2 Ibs. in one 

 month and 20 Ibs. butter in one week by the Babcock test. 



Johanna 5th made as a two-year-old, 42-J Ibs. milk in one day and 14 Ibs. 2 

 oz. butter in one week ; at four years old she gave 67 Ibs. 10 oz. milk in one 

 day and 16,186 Ibs. 5 oz. in one year and made by the Babcock test 23 Ibs. 5 oz. 

 butter in one week ; at seven years old, after recovering from an attack of 

 parturient paralysis, she was entered in the Wisconsin State Butter Contest and 

 won easily over twenty-one other cows of all breeds. Her record at that time, 

 we believe, has never been surpassed in a similar test by a cow of any breed 

 with one exception. At this age under very adverse circumstances and officially 

 supervised, was 89 Ibs. 3 oz. milk in one day, 2,419 Ibs. in one month and a butteV 

 record of 22 Ibs. \ oz. She will long be remembered as the cow that led us on 

 to victory in the hotly contested butter test in Wisconsin in 1894 in the very 

 hot-bed of Jersey enthusiasm. She not only defeated the Jerseys by a strong 

 lead, but surpassed any work of any cow at the Columbian test for a yield of 

 two consecutive days. 



Johanna May, a daughter of Johanna 4th, gave as a six-year-old 74 Ibs. 13 oz. 

 of milk in one day, 2,020.1 Ibs. in one month, and made 20 Ibs. 3 oz. butter in 

 one week. 



Johanna Nig, another daughter of Johanna 4th, made as a two-year-old 

 35 Ibs. 7 oz. of milk in one day and 11 Ibs. 3 oz. butter in one week. Other 



