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sired by DeKol 2d's Prince 2767, a son of DeKol 2d. Paul 

 DeKol sired 24 A. R. O. sons and 38 daughters, and these in 

 turn proved very productive. Sir Veeman Hengerveld 36158 

 (with 84 A. R. O. daughters) and Paul Beets DeKol 22235 

 (with 104 A. R. O. daughters) are grandsons of Paul DeKol 

 on the sire's side. One of the greatest cows of the breed, 

 Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline 48426, had for sire a son of Paul 

 DeKol and -DeKol 2d. This family has long been one of the 

 more popular ones of the breed and has been widely used on 

 other blood lines. 



The Segis family, one of the most popular to-day, has for its 

 foundation cow Segis Inka 36617, with an A. R. O. record of 

 28.04 pounds butter and dam of five daughters and two sons with 

 official records. Through her daughter A. & G. Inka McKinley 

 55 163 we have her grandson King Segis 36168, with 87 A. R. O. 

 daughters and 82 A. R. O. sons, one of the most popular sires of 

 recent years. One of his sons. King Segis Pontiac 44444, with 

 many A. R. O. daughters and sons, is sire of King Segis Pontiac 

 Alcartra 79602, known as the ^50,000 bull, and with many high- 

 class A. R. O. progeny. Segis Fayne Johanna 1 14648, the first 

 so-called 50-pound cow, is by King Fayne Segis 46767, a son of 

 King Segis. Finderne Holingen Fayne 1445 51, with a record of 

 1,116.05 pounds fat in a year, was sired by a son of King Fayne 

 Segis. This family is noted for the large number of individuals 

 producing milk of superior fat test. 



The Glista family descends from Glista 7857, the foundress of 

 the entire Cornell University herd of Holstein-Friesians. This cow 

 was very ordinary and as a three-year-old produced but 188 pounds 

 of butter fat in a year. Three of her daughters, Glista 2d, Glista 3d, 

 and Glista 4th, varied in merit, but Glista 4th had a record of 

 274 pounds of butter fat in a year. With the use of superior 

 bulls the herd steadily improved. Glista Ernestine is of the sixth 

 generation and is one of the only five cows that have exceeded 

 30 pounds 80 per cent butter in five different seven-day official 

 tests. Her total milk yield for eight years is 111,182.9 pounds, 

 an average of 13,897 pounds. Her butter-fat average for eight 

 years is 510.62 pounds. She is the dam of eight calves; four 

 of her oldest daughters have creditable A. R. O. records, and 



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