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conversant with all the points that combine to make a typical dairy cow, and 

 determined to visit his old neighbor and noted cattle expert, Cornelius Baldwin 

 of Nelson, Ohio. From him Mr. Moore received instruction on the points and 

 anatomy of a dairy cow. With his own experience and the aid of Mr. Baldwin, 

 he has been able to secure, breed and develop some of the greatest performers 

 in public and private tests of Holstein-Friesian history. 



A few of these will be mentioned in detail ; first is the Empress Joseph- 

 ine family, the foundation of which is Empress Josephine, 429 D.-F. H. B., 

 which was selected in Holland by Cornelius Baldwin of Nelson, Ohio, and bred 

 by R. Witema Tjummazurn, Friesland. She is a very large and typical dairy 

 cow, a great producer, making 553 Ibs. 8 oz. of milk in seven days, from which 

 was churned 25 Ibs. 14 oz. of butter. Prof. W. A. Henry of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Madison, Wis., sent Prof. Short to the farm at Cameron, 

 Mo., taking three samples of her milk, which tested by Prof. F. W. A. Woll 

 3.01, 3.67 and 4 per cent fat. She has made 88 Ibs. 14 oz. milk in one day, 

 10,119f Ibs. in 139 days, and has won many prizes in public tests for butter and 

 milk. She transmits her remarkable qualities of production to her offspring. 



Empress Josephine 3d, 642 Advanced Registry, was calved February 22, 

 1885, was exhibited at St. Joe Exhibition as a two-year-old and won first prize 

 for quality of milk in competition with Jerseys. She has been shown at state 

 fairs for ten years, and it is safe to say that no other cow of Holstein-Friesian 

 fame has won as many prizes in public tests, competing with Holsteins and 

 other breeds. Her record for seven days is 603 Ibs. 12 oz. of milk, yielding 31 

 Ibs. 2 oz. butter. Analysis of her milk by Prof F. W. A. Woll showed 3.74 but- 

 ter fat. 



Empress Josephine 4th, now at the Kansas Agricultural College farm, 

 when she was three years old, at the Kansas State Fair, made in public test 50 

 Ibs. milk in a single day, from which was churned 2 Ibs. of butter, winning 

 first prize. 



Perhaps one of the greatest cows of the breed is Gerben 4th, 643 Advanced 

 Registry, selected in Holland by Cornelius Baldwin, who said to Mr. K. N. 

 Kuperus at the time that she showed better points for quality than any heifer 

 he had ever seen, and her subsequent development and production of 32 Ibs. but- 

 ter in seven days, being at that time (1889) the largest of any cow of the breed, 

 proved that his judgment was correct. 



Prof. W. A. Henry of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, and 

 whose authority no one questions, sent Prof. Short to the farm at Cameron him- 

 self, taking three samples of her milk, which analyzed by Prof. F. W. A. Woll 

 4.91, 3.85, 3.53 per cent butter fat. She is now about fourteen years old and in 

 good health and captured first prize at Iowa State Fair last fall (1895). Although 

 a regular breeder she has never produced but one female, Gerben 2d, 18677 H. 

 F. H. B. The latter is a great prize winner ; one of the many silver cups won by 

 this herd is placed to her credit. She made 39 Ibs. milk in a single day at 22 

 months old ; analysis of her milk showing 4 and 4.2 per cent butter fat. 



Not only there have been bred and developed in this herd some of the great- 

 est butter producers and prize winners, but they have been added to the herd 

 by purchase also at long prices. Among those whose blood now permeates this 

 herd may be mentioned Parthenea, 9597 H. H. B., imported, whose butter record 

 for seven days is 38 Ibs. 8| oz. She was acquired at a cost of $1000. Another is 

 Parana Abbekerk, 9594 H. H. B., imported, whose butter record for seven days 

 is 30 Ibs. 8 oz.; and Carlotta 2d, 3555 H. H. B., whose butter record for seven 

 days is 31 Ibs. 12 oz., at a cost of $1098. Others might be mentioned did space 

 permit. 



MR. B. NAUMAN of Frankfort, Kansas, was born in the Duchy of Saxe- 

 Altenburg, Prussia, on July 9, 1840. 



Early in the spring of 1849 his parents started with him and seven other 

 children for Marion, Linn county, Iowa. While passing through Illinois the 

 father and two eldest children died of cholera. The mother, worn with grief 

 and the care of so large a family, lived to reach their destination, but in a few 

 days thereafter she, too, was taken away. 



He was, with the other children under sixteen years of age, bound out 

 until sixteen years of age, among the farmers of the surrounding country. 

 When he arrived at the age of sixteen, with the consent of his guardian (who 

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