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year-old heifers Boukje, 116 D.-F. H. B., and Winkje, 136 D.-F. H. B. The 

 former developed into the heaviest milker he has ever owned, her record being 

 26,679 Ibs. 10 oz. in one year. Her largest day's yield was 85 Ibs. 10 oz., and 

 when she closed the year, being three months in calf, she was producing over 

 60 Ibs. of milk per day. At that time (1885) this was by far the best record 

 that had been made in Pennsylvania, and took fourth or fifth position in the 

 United States. Boukje dropped but one heifer, however, but through her sons 

 her blood was quite generally diffused through the herd. 



In 1882 the Lackawanna Breeders' Association was organized, including 

 L. W. Stone, father of J. L. Stone; J. W. Miller, E. G. and G. M. Carpenter. 

 The combined area of their farms aggregated about 700 acres. 



In this year combined importation of the Dutch-Friesian Association was 

 participated in, the Lackawanna Association securing seven females and one 

 male direct from Holland. 



In 1884 Mr. Stone visited Holland, and selected thirty head to add to the 

 herd. En route he stopped in England, and selected twenty-one head of Shrop- 

 shire sheep from some of the best flocks there, to add to a small flock already 

 started. 



Through natural increase and an occasional purchase the herd soon reached 

 about 120 head, at which point it has been quite steadily maintained for the 

 past eight or ten years. There are also a few head of pure-bred Jerseys. 



Among the bulls that have been purchased outside of this herd are: Mooie 

 Sjoerd, 235 D.-F. H. B., whose dam Sjoerd was the first Holstein cow to be 

 tested for butter, and produced 20 Ibs. per week under very unfavorable condi- 

 tions in a test made by S. Hoxie; Aaggie Rachel's Imperial. 3694; Amleto 2d's 

 Sir Mechthilde, 14835; Count Clothilde Beauty, 19706; and Paul De Kol Amer- 

 ica, 21718. The last two named are now doing duty in the herd. 



Count Clothilde Beauty's dam produced 26 Ibs. butter in seven days, his 

 four nearest female ancestors produced an average of over 24 Ibs. butter in 

 seven days, and his seven nearest female ancestors produced over 20 Ibs. butter 

 in seven days. 



Paul De Kol America carries in his veins 31 per cent of the blood of Prin- 

 cess of Wayne, 25 per cent of that of Pauline Paul, 12i per cent of De Kol 2d, 

 and 12 per cent of America. 



The milk from these herds goes to the Scranton Dairy Company, which 

 has a large trade in Scranton, Pa., and whose manager is Mr. G. M. Carpenter, 

 of the Lackawanna Association. 



Mr. J. L. Stone has always been actively identified with the religious, edu- 

 cational, and reform movements of the locality, and has twice been a candi- 

 date for the Legislature as a representative of a righteous but unpopular cause, 

 but luckily escaped serving a term at Harrisburg. Mr. Stone is secretary of 

 the Lackawanna County School Directors' Association, president of the Lack- 

 awanna County Agricultural Society, and member of the Pennsylvania State 

 Board of Agriculture from Lackawanna county, also secretary of the Abington 

 Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He has visited a large number of the coun- 

 ties of the state in farmers' institute work. 



MR. EDWIN W. TREXLER of Allentown, Pa., the subject of this sketch, was 

 born in October, 1826, on the farm still owned by him in Upper Milford town- 

 ship, Lehigh county, Pa. The family to which he belongs is one of the oldest in 

 eastern Pennsylvania, the original settlers having immigrated prior to 1720. 

 Mr. Trexler worked on the farm until he was fourteen years of age, when he 

 left home and became a clerk in a general store at Emaus, Lehigh county, from 

 which place he removed to Easton, where he for a number of years engaged in 

 the store business, but was compelled to abandon it owing to failing health due 

 to the confinement incident to the business. He then removed to Allentown, 

 Pa., where he has been in the lumber business since 1856. 



Mr. Trexler has always taken a great interest in farming and has owned a 

 farm since 1847, he first became a breeder of Holsteins in 1885 ; he began in a 

 small way, rather by way of experiment than with any idea of discarding other 

 breeds, but the superiority of the breed over others became so apparent that he 

 now has no other kind. He joined the Holstein-Friesian Association of Amer- 

 ica in 1894. 



He has been largely instrumental in introducing the Holsteins into general 



