Vol. LXIV. JNo. 2871. 
NEW YORK FEBRUARY 4, 1905. 
$1 PER YEAR. 
FINE HOLSTEINS AT HOME. 
BLACK AND WHITE CATTLE OF HIGH DEGREE. 
A Group of Famous Buttermakers. 
The picture on this page, Fig. 32, shows a scene in 
the barnyard at Star Farm, the property of Horace L. 
Bronson, near Cortland, N. Y. There are about 250 
Holsteins on the farm, and Mr. Bronson is constantly 
adding to the herd in order to obtain the best blood 
to be found in the Holstein world. The farm itself is 
run as a business proposition, being fully equipped 
with every appliance needed for the handling of first- 
class stock and their products, which in this case are 
milk, butter and blood. It is the last-named product 
which we wish to call attention to at this time. Most 
people who know anything about cattle have a fair idea 
of the special merits of Holsteins. The black and 
size of the cows and steers gives them a fair value for 
beef. Grade Holsteins produced by breeding a good 
bull of this breed to average cows of good size give a 
strung, set \ ieeablTrTrnimat~frrr’geiu , ial~nsc:— 'Chose w h o- 
have read “The Fat of the Land” will remember how 
the author argued with his foreman in favor of Hol¬ 
stein cattle. The foreman wanted Jerseys, “because 
they would eat less and give as much butter.” Dr. 
Streeter, the owner of the farm, had planned for bulky 
crops like clover. Alfalfa and shredded corn fodder. 
Therefore he said: 
You don't quite catch my idea, Thompson. I want the 
cow (hat will eat the most, if she is at the same time willing 
to pay for her food. I mean to raise a lot of food, and I 
want a home market for it. What comes from the land 
must go back to it. or it will grow thin. The Holstein will 
eat more than the Jersey, and, while she may not make mere 
meant the blood in the living cattle, which carries this 
power of transmitting good qualities. The following 
notes made among the Star Farm Holsteins will be utter¬ 
ing the character of the animals. 
The claim is made that the two greatest service bulls 
in the world are to be found here, under one roof, 
Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline Count No. 29642 is one, 
whose dam Aaggie Cornucopia Pauline No. 48426, in 
March, 1904, broke all world’s official butter records by 
making in seven days 34.31 pounds of butter with an 
average per cent of fat in the milk of 4.17. This record 
is, it is claimed, three pounds and nine ounces in advance 
of that ever made by any cow of any breed, living or 
dead, in an official test. Mr. Bronson paid $3,000 for 
this bull, and in the adjoining stall stands Mercedes 
white cattle are large, good-natured and patient. Their 
most useful feature is their capacity to turn a large 
quantity of rough forage into a large quantity of milk. 
It has been observed that wherever Alfalfa succeeds 
herds of the black and white cattle are sure to appear. 
I he Alfalfa soon stuffs the barn with hay, and the Hol¬ 
stein most approaches the hay mow in her capacity to 
tuck the Alfalfa away and extract milk from it. Every 
breed of cattle has its place in farm economy, and 
we now understand that the origin of the Holstein 
and her development on rich pasture and under condi¬ 
tions of heavy feeding have given her a special equip¬ 
ment for the production of a large flow of milk. The 
Holstein is also a hardy, vigorous animal, and the large 
A GROUP OF STAR FARM HOLSTEINS. Fig. 32. 
butter, she will give twice as much skimmed milk, and 
furnish more fertilizer to return to (lie land. 
While all Holsteins of pure blood have certain char¬ 
acteristics in common, it is evident that some are better 
than others. One cow may be larger than another, able 
to eat and digest more food, and make more milk or 
butter. Such powers are inherited, and if we select the 
best animals for breeding year after year, using only the 
sons and daughters that most resemble their parents, 
we shall increase the power of such animals to stamp 
these powers upon their offspring. This is called “pre¬ 
potency,” and it is of great importance where one is 
buying an animal to head his herd or to start it. When 
we spoke of the sale of “blood” from Star Farm we 
Julip’s Pietertje Paul No. 29830, whose dam, Mercedes 
Julip’s Pietertje, in 1900, created a new world’s record 
by producing in seven days in an official test 584 pounds 
of milk, 29.5.7 butter, and the average per cent of butter 
fat in her milk for the week was 4.025. The Mercedes 
bull is far handsomer than the Cornucopia. While 
neither of these two most celebrated animals is for 
sale, it is believed that the pair would easily bring 
$7,000, possibly more. 
As one looks down the long line of cows standing 
contentedly in their stalls they present a beautiful spec¬ 
tacle, and to the observer look very much alike, but the 
owner says that while there is much similarity in con¬ 
formation and markings, there is a wide difference in 
