The Most Expensive Cow m tne World— $6150 



Langwater Dairymaid, Sold Yesterday at Mr. F. Lothrop Ames' North Easton Farm 



OTHERS have thought well of Lang- 

 water Dairymaid, and yesterday was 

 the first time the market had an op- 

 portunity to put a cash price on her. 

 Without any question the auction sale 

 on the Ames estate brought together the 

 best judges of Guernsey cattle and many 

 of them followed her with their bidding 

 until the sensational bid of $6150 was an- 

 nounced by C. L. A. Whitney of Albany. 

 This was $1140 more than was paid for 

 Mary Rilraa In 1914 at Berwin, Penn., and 

 the highest price on record for any Guern- 

 sey cow. First prize was captured by 

 Langwater Dairymaid at the Brockton 

 Fair in 1012, where she was adjudged also 

 the grand champion. At the National 

 Dairy Show the same year she was award- 

 ed both first and second prizes and at the 

 Guernsey Show in Framingham In 1913 

 she won the Linda Vista Farm trophy. 

 The fair maid has graduated from classes 

 G and C on the advanced register by 

 her milk production, registering 13,747.50 

 pounds of milk with (170.12 pounds of fat 

 in her class C test for 365 days. Now she 

 is under a retest for class A, in which she 

 has produced 12,700.80 pounds of milk in 

 233 days. Individually, Langwater Dairy- 

 maid is one of the very best typos Li 

 high-producing Guernsey. She is one of 



those handsomely marked cows, combined 

 with beautiful lines, and handsome car- 

 riage, which will attract the attention of 

 the connoisseur regardless of tho size of 

 her company. A real Guernsey— she looks 

 as If the scale of points had been de- 

 signed for her— she will be the pride of her 

 future owner. 



About 580,000 was realized for the seven- 

 ty-four head of cattle that were sold, which 

 makes an average of $1072, the first twenty 

 goiug at an even higher average. The low- 

 est price paid was $100 for a little bull 

 calf, and next to the highest price was 

 $8000 which John S. Ames paid his brother 

 for Langwater Generous. 



This auction and the National Dairy 

 Show having brought the country's Guern- 

 sey fanciers Into Massachusetts, the local 

 Guernsey breeders have taken advantage of 

 the opportunity to exhibit their herds. This 

 morning a group of tho men and women 

 who attended the auction went to Cohasset, 

 at tho invitation of Clarence W. Barron, 

 to Inspect his fine herd at the Oaks Farm, 

 William H. Caldwell, who is secretary of 

 the American Guernsey Cattle Club, en- 

 gineering the party. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh 

 U. Bancroft served luncheon after the ex- 

 hibition of the prize stock. Leaving Cohas- 

 set, the party went to Norwell to see A. 

 L. Lincoln's pedigree stock on the Bocky 

 Reach Farm. Tomorrow morning they are 



going to the Fillmore Faxm at Wellesley 

 inarms as guests of Charles H. Jones, presi- 

 dent of the CommonwealthShoeand Leather 

 Company. Mr. Jones Is a recognized 

 breeder of Guernseys, his cows having com- 

 pleted fifty-one advanced register records, 

 running as high as 15,01».20 pounds of milk 

 with 871.28 pounds of fat, which was ac- 

 complished by his Gold Dust's Elite. From 

 Wellesley the cattlemen and cattlewomen 

 will go to Brookline, to the Mecca of 

 Guernsey breeders in this country— the 

 Sargent estate, where they will meet James 

 M. Codman, who was the first man to make 

 a business of Importing Guernsey cattle into 

 America and who is now president emeritus 

 of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Mr. 

 Codman visited tho Channel Islands in 1S72 

 for the purpose of investigating two lead- 

 ing breed3, and he was attracted by the 

 tolor and character of the product of the 

 Guernsey, of which it is said that Its butter 

 need not be colored. The first arrivals from 

 the Channel Islands gave so much satis- 

 faction that Mr. Codman sent for more. 



On Friday a visit will be made to Hollis- 

 ton. to the Guernsey farm of L. E. B. 

 Smith and to several other farms in the 

 lown, and by Saturday the party may be 

 Increased to 500 for the field day on Dr. 

 flamuel J. Mixter's Farm at Hardwick. 



Next Monday Is Guernsey Day at tha 

 National Dairy Show at Springfield. 



