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The daughters were May Rose 3d 3252 P. S., May Rose 4th 7682^ 

 (imp.), Rose of Gold 3668 P. S., May Rose 8th 3998 P. S., and 

 Itchen May Rose 4839 E. G. H. B. This family has been dis- 

 tinguished not only for a large number of show animals but also 

 for many high-testing cows. Through the sons of May Rose 2d 

 remarkable results have been secured. May Day was the sire of 

 May Day Pearl 1519S (imp.), dam of Spotswood Daisy Pearl 

 17696, with a record of 957.38 pounds of fat in a year. May 

 Rose King (imported by H. McKay Twombly in 1902 at a cost 

 of ^3500) proved a most successful sire, for all of his daughters 

 entered the Advanced Registry, and his sons even surpassed him. 

 The most noted of his sons is King of the May 9001 (imp.), sire 

 of Langwater Rosie 21333, with a record of 724.23 pounds of fat; 

 Langwater Dorothy 27944, with a record of 781.65 pounds of fat; 

 and Langwater Hope 27946, with a record of 19882 pounds of 

 milk and 1003.17 pounds of fat, each within a year. Beda's May 

 King 1 1893, another son of May Rose King, has been a success- 

 ful sire, having many daughters in the Advanced Registry. This, 

 without question, is the most popular family at the present day. In 

 1914 L. E. P. Smith wrote ^ that " an investigation of the English 

 herdbooks to and including Volume XXIX, shows that there have 

 been recorded almost precisely 500 female descendants of May 

 Rose 2d. There were approximately 250 remaining in the Eng- 

 lish herds, 140 have died, 100 have been imported to America, 

 and 10 have been exported to South America, Australia, and New 

 South Wales, and even to China. The same records show approxi- 

 mately 200 male descendants of May Rose 2d. Of this number 

 only 35 now remain in England, 1 30 have died or been slaughtered, 

 25 imported to America, and 10 exported to Australia and South 

 America." 



The Tricksey family descends from Tricksey 1760 (imp.), bred 

 on Guernsey by John Gibson of St. Martins and imported to 

 America by S. C. Kent. She changed hands several times, 

 finally reaching the Minnesota Experiment Station. A daughter, 

 Tricksey 3d 3191, and a son, Benjamin 1931, were her most 

 potent offspring. Benjamin, in the herd of C. L. Hill of 

 Wisconsin, was very successful as a show bull and a sire. Ben 



^ Guernsey Breeders' Journal. 

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