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butter makers surpass any other breed. As beef cattle they will compare fav- 

 orably with any of the noted beef breeds. Holsteins combine milk, cheese, 

 butter and beef far more successfully than any other breed, and therefore are 

 the most desirable for general purposes. 



Heifers two years old give from 30 to 50 Ibs., 60 Ibs., and even 80 Ibs. and 

 over of milk per day ; yielding 6,000 to 10,000 Ibs. during the first year. Older 

 cows give 50 to 80 Ibs., with many records of 90 Ibs., and as high as 112 Ibs. per 

 day, and yield usually 10,000 to 15,000 Ibs. per year ; while some yield 16,000 to 

 30,000 Ibs. per year. They hold out nearly the whole year. Large milkers are 

 the rule, not the exception. My cows have never been forced with feed nor 

 they ever been fed any milk. 



It is only recently that special attention has been paid to the butter qualities 

 of Holstein cows, and the results prove that they far surpass all other breeds 

 as butter makers, in quality of butter as well as quantity. Young cows two 

 years old have made from 8 to 21 Ibs. of butter in one week, and mature cows 

 make from 12 to 30 Ibs. per week. At the New York Cattle and Dairy Show, 

 May, 1887, unquestionably the largest and best exhibition of the kind ever held 

 in this country, between 400 and 500 choice representatives of the various 

 breeds being represented, sweepstakes for best milch cow of any breed was 

 won by a Holstein. Sweepstakes for best butter cow of any breed, the one pro- 

 ducing the largest quantity of butter during twenty-four consecutive hours of 

 the exhibition, was won by a Holstein, in competition with Jerseys and a Guern- 

 sey. She made 2 Ibs. 7 oz. butter in twenty-four hours from 63 Ibs. 1-J oz. 

 milk. Holstein butter won first prize on 5 Ibs. package, thirty-eight entries 

 representing the various dairy breeds in competition. Holstein butter won 

 second and third prizes on 30 Ibs. package, eighteen entries in competition. 

 Holsteins now wear the laurels for butter. 



The readiness with which Holstein cows take on flesh when dry is not sur- 

 passed by that of any other breed, and the quality of the beef is of the finest, 

 the fat being well distributed among the lean. Calves frequently weigh from 

 90 to 120 Ibs. They gain rapidly in growth, making from 2| to 5 Ibs. per day. 

 Matured bulls usually weigh 2,000 to 2,500 Ibs. One-year-old heifers frequently 

 weigh 800 Ibs.; cows two years old and older weigh from 1,000 to 1,800 Ibs. 



Holstein grades and crosses are a great success; the heifers make great 

 milkers and the steers attain a rapid growth and large size at early age. 



MR. LE ROY F. JUDD of Lancaster, Wisconsin, of whom the engraving is a fair 

 likeness at the age of twenty-one, is a descendant of the old Judd family so well 

 and popularly known in agricultural circles in southern New York, the region 

 around Elmira and Attica. 



Le Roy is the son of Henry C. Judd with whom he is associated in the stock 

 business. Henry C. was born in Genesee county, one of New York's richest 

 counties. 



The old Judd estate lies in the rich valley of the Genesee river, about six- 

 teen miles out from Attica. This valley is among the most productive in the 

 great banner state of the Union. It is equal in fertility to the richest of the 

 Mohawk valley. Here is where he has spent his boyhood days in agricultural 

 pursuits and the rearing and handling of fine stock. 



Henry C. Judd early in life acquired a love for the rich prairies of our 

 Western country. He visited the then pioneer counties of western Wisconsin 

 and took a great delight in the valley lands of the great Mississippi. After 

 some time spent in careful observation as to the best point in which to settle, 

 he pitched his tent in Grant county, Wisconsin, twenty miles from the bank of 

 the Mississippi. For nearly thirty years he has been prominent among the 

 citizens of western Wisconsin. 



No one farmer has probably done more to advance the agricultural inter- 

 ests in this part of the great state of Wisconsin than Henry C. Judd. He was 

 married in Grand county to Ella Paterson, a member of the Paterson family so 

 favorably known in this part of the state among the leaders in agricultural pur- 

 suits. Mr. H. C. Judd and his son Le Roy F. made a strong team of workers 

 in the building up of one of the finest farm homes in western Wisconsin. 



Although coming from a dairy state, Mr. Judd has been engaged in the 

 rearing of Shorthorns from pure-bred stock. But for a number of years past 

 he has been in the dairy business, during which time he has tested a number of 



