SOME AMERICAN BREEDERS. 



with these, and carefully selecting and retaining the choicest females from the 

 increase, in 1892 he disposed of his remaining grade cattle at public sale, and 

 now maintains a select herd of recorded cattle only. 



While Mr. Harp feels that his herd is not fully up to the high standard 

 which he desires to attain, he is eminently well satisfied with the practical 

 results, and is an enthusiastic admirer of the breed. The herd is now headed 

 by Cynthiana's Echo Colanthus, 20469, a superior sire, whose breeding assures 

 fine progeny, and which fact is now being demonstrated by the young stock 

 now at the farm. 



Among the fine animals of this flourishing herd is Maud, 46 D.-F. H. B., 

 now giving 84 Ibs. in one day of rich milk, and yielding 21 Ibs. of butter in one 

 week. Regola, 4501, is another superior cow who made a fair-ground record of 

 64 Ibs. of milk in one day, from which was made more than 3 Ibs. of choice 

 butter. Regola has already won three first prizes in the show ring. 



Mr. Harp is a believer in officially authenticated records, and is arranging 

 to so test the entire herd. 



MR. FRED E. HARRIMAN of Appleton, Wis., was born in that town October 

 12, 1862, and is the second son of the late Judge J. E. Harriman and Celia Pratt 

 Har-riman. Besides Fred, there are three children now living, Frank W. Harri- 

 man, attorney at law, who has held many places of trust and honor, including 

 judge of probate and postmaster of Appleton under President Harrison's 

 administration ; Florian J. Harriman, the third son, who is now county sur- 

 veyor of Outagamie county, Wis., and Flora L. Harriman, now wife of B. W. 

 Jones of Appleton. 



Fred E. Harriman is a cousin of Judge Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan, and 

 is by profession an attorney .at law. In 1884 Mr. Harriman engaged quite 

 extensively in the real estate business. 



Mr. Harriman seemed to be endowed with a love for pure-bred live stock 

 from a child up, always having pure-breds of the highest type of whatever 

 breed they belonged. But it was not perhaps till 1889 that Mr. Harriman 

 became extensively interested with live stock, and on March 4, 1890, together 

 with others, he organized and incorporated the Wisconsin Live Stock Associ- 

 ation of Appleton, Wis., whose dealings have been almost exclusively in the 

 Holstein-Friesian cattle. This company purchased for foundation stock the 

 very best specimens of the breed to be found. Mr. Harriman has been the 

 general manager of the association since its origin, and the extensive trade 

 which the association enjoys is almost wholly due to Mr. Harriman's energy 

 and skill. 



The first importation of this breed of cattle ever received at Jamaica, West 

 Indies, was selected by Hon. C. S. T. Fursdon in person from this herd. Their 

 sales have included almost every state in the Union, many foreign countries 

 and islands of the seas. This herd, often numbering* 150 head, is unable to sup- 

 ply the demand, so great has it been. 



In February, 1892, Mr. Harriman with others incorporated the Holstein- 

 Friesian Breeders' Association of Wisconsin, which is today the largest and 

 most powerful state association in the Union. Its object is to promote the 

 welfare of the breed and its members, and it is largely through the push of Mr. 

 Harriman, who has been its secretary for several years, ably assisted by its 

 president, J. Rust of North Greenfield, Wis., that this success has been attained. 

 "Fred," as he is usually called, is an extensive reader of dairy and agricultural 

 papers ; receiving weekly about twenty leading journals, and is willing to 

 admit the good and bad qualities of all breeds, but is a stanch and fearless 

 advocate of the Holstein-Friesian cow, a pure-bred and none other. 



For several years past, a portion of the stock under Mr. Harriman's care, 

 numbering from forty to sixty head, has been kept in the city for inspection 

 and sale. The stable is modern in construction, light and warm, the cattle 

 brushed daily, water within their reach at all times, and the stables cleaned 

 whenever droppings begin to accumulate therein. The milk from each cow is 

 weighed at each milking and the amount recorded. It is then aerated, chilled, 

 bottled and delivered to customers in the city, which trade is rapidly growing 

 and giving the best of satisfaction. It is now Mr. Harriman's desire to furnish 

 such a quality of milk from the Holstein cow that it will find a market for 2,000 

 bottles daily. 



