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SECOND SWTION CHARIDTI‘ETOWN, APRIL so. 1933

‘ Province has revival of Brown Swiss cattle v

is" River Farm at Covehea‘d is for an Ayrshire herd and one of the most interesting in and another man established in

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Milk ouﬁiput high' over long period

By NE". A. MATHESON ftion she showed in nursing Mr.

Farm - Provincial Editor ‘Willard‘s invalid mother.

The Brown SWiss herd of pcd— He. purchased to u n dation igrced cattle on the Black cows here from the MacRae‘s

ROWN SWISS COWS RUN TO AS HIGH AS 1,700 POUNDS

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the province. as it. comprises Rhodc Island. but his partner foundation stock chosen from eventually bought him out.

some of the best herds in North. 'He started at the Covehead. America. 311d ll bl‘llltls hafk to location with Guernscys. bllt Prince Edward Island a breed “sold most of them to Harold that. has been virtually un-iPalmer and Son. Kensinizton.

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iknown in recent. years although .‘When he. decided on the Brown ltlicre were some good animalsiswiss cattle He bought. only [at that. breed here in the past. itihe best foundation slack and

Managed by Ronald Dollolf, that's why he wont to the Lee's the herd has been built largely ‘l-lill farm where records indi- on Foundation 1th from the cated success over a period of Lee‘s Hill Farm in Vernon. many years,

New Jersey, and some top ill- MG. STURDY COWS dividuals selected for Black‘ .an with the first. heifers River by the. skill and knowhow coming inm production this in. this herd which has been year he wants “to make the building and improving ll‘lE'money spent here useltul to best obtainable blood lines for ‘ the. people on Prince Edward the past 70 years. Island."

Big. rangy cattle the Brown‘ Mr. Dollotl says the trig. Swiss are. hardy and lonE-llVPd- sturdy cowr run to 1.700 pounds The American'Brown Swiss cat- . and a v 9 r‘g R 1,400 m 1.50;» tie breeders association claims hhhugh he has seen l,hi~pp.ypar- _ . the world‘s allrbrecd. all- llmﬁ ‘old heifer hit 1.600 pounds. l 22 COWS ARE NOW ON TEST 7. butter- fat. record of production Calves run from 80 in 175 - ' , '-' for Lady‘s Gypsy Girl F that. pounds M NH}, “mm! of ion was 1.680 in the two lacta-‘Lce‘s Hill Renal Attache. l9, Produced 280,874 pounds milk. 1.0m pounds haw. hm" ﬁnish‘ tions and she had BCAs of 174 loaded with quality in his ped1.i' 12.012 fat in the 5,562 days hP- ed at one year. the farm man_ and 185 In the latter, lgree. Both his sire. Lee's Hill“, ' ' . ~ ,smm: Topping “3.95” M. and his dam. Hidden; y or months and her; There are. many hizh class “(a Hm d~ ,3 Nb ‘V'PW 3’"? A- “‘EI‘P grand Emmi dentin shortly after her 20th scows in the Biark River Farm “Pane-"ion 12“; ["8 ' '1' ptons'in 1960 at Waterloo, Iowa: birthday. No other COW 0’ any herd, e are several was a gall, m ‘xi'é‘tnth (,‘(Om' .the h”: ‘hnw “1 .r‘he U'S'A' “’3

. has ever prndllCPd Sf)[outstandinrz individuals of pro- fuck him-n app; s m' "‘9 W?“ Th“ 5er “'35 grand much butter fat ont'official test. fven worth. 1'“, yoctnb'L .na an sale champ'm‘ “Vice “ml “956". the association claims. 1’ .Walhalla Sara Lady Wu 3 "an", rm, $41.8" 8“ a" "nu" champion once. at Waterloo and. man PRODUCTION thought for $2.100 at the Cow ‘ .1 '. imp” 5'5"“ “mm?” M“ '9‘

. . _ cord Farm mu, m "N, Catskill Radiatas Sire, ‘ Meadow M. Ohio State. Fair.

A Cﬁl'lSlSl-P-lll-ly high tale ,of M - , - M N . o Rnamcr. is the SH‘P of one or production over a long DEW“ am: am Elﬁn. , pf!“ \nrk' the bulls in the Waterloo dis- Th” dn'" “'3’ Era-“d 0115!“: is one of the characteristics the. The “'2’ "NH" .mw pm' h-wtlnphficjal'bfeed‘n: “n” {,1 [Wm 31 Waterloo after produc. association claims for thosedu‘”?d 2-482 mun‘ls "“lk' ""32 Omar-m ' '02 Mill” halves. and the

.buttert‘at as a five-year- old young herd sire is one of the

' . cattle. another . . . WM bra, inm‘cow before she came to this BPSl mllk Drndllt‘tmn to date mph,” _ . . , . , al , ..

. . . the Black River farm is 19- them in Swdzerland where thetPF‘PV'Q“? . . ‘ ' Attache's dam d "out! I ‘ , i 3. S. g t 3!! 3m. 1’99 s H'“ “mm” Fair R % pound and bhere'are 6m“- dam on his sire's side had life‘-

breed was originated' ' i _ . V VI American Brown SWissthdm'Ffl limo pounds milk, cons min more than 1.000 “m? mmms hr "woo mun

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in the United States and has l‘Ill the proudest spot produced 32,217 pounds milk, hord‘s short history is the fact. 1.715 fat in two lactations here they topped Canada. 0 n

his sires three nearest dams averaged 311.252 pounds milk; mm (at In 7.43 davs. The high;

the 365-day records of produc- tion on BX (three- times~a-dayl milkinr' made by Brown Swtss

:. for unusuallv high breed class bt'Peds. in butter rat odur-

‘ h .3 ‘ , (I ,l.‘ v , . . . . . ; ‘ MW“ via“ 0f anti.“ 71"?‘1 averages of 166 milk. 195 fat “0" in the. season 1961-6 lwitn "" “W”. M “‘3’ ‘3‘“ “93”” overalls: 13.094 mil , . . . . i . dams on lllF. dam s side average

unds butterfal .l“ the 5960M year. Which Elves all taveragn of 556 pOUlld fa" ed 25 "0 on d: '1k 1 187 M p0Leblla 'lrene l’ride was 11— her more than 52'000 pounds The" topped P’E'I” ‘ a" in 'lﬁﬁ‘md'“: n I m] ' ' ' carsﬂld when she began her milk. 2.529 fat in her first breeds, in both milk and {at ‘ lyactauon that produced “law‘three lactations. production for the samegyear. pgonlicn THIS YEAR

Sabrina is working now on a The farm's 22 cows onltest— The “mg hair”; MM and rib

' .7: t i an. . , DOUlKlS ""119 17.33] {a "r lilactatmn Mr. Dolloft hopes will average. age was four war!— veloped on Black Rivor Farm

. ~. st. of 4.98 r cen . , , _ y ' fall’te’lllbgﬁliedays on 3Xpemilkins 41-" 20'0"“ Wm“ M "‘"k' Sh” “Wag” 1'. pounds mllk..wiu be cominl: into production that topped all breeds in butter iwas Pm‘l'm’lg “0 Pﬂllnd! a day 556 fat for RCA: of milk. this year. and tha farm m

53‘ °" "Md 9‘ Performance ‘ a -w week-5 a 9' '156 .fat‘ The llnformallon was Her 15: looking forward with is». testing when it was made in} Hidden View Autumn Azalea published in 'Canadian Mord terest to their performances, 1959. according to an American Produced “in” Wind! of milk of Performance for. Pure Bred as it is the heifers bred on on. Brown Swiss cattle breeders,n l three-yearolo and 19.082 Dairy Cattle I .farm on \‘hi h the future 4 publication The ownership 'of the next “am He“ fat Prodlml'l The young ﬁre at the i n ltihe entorpriso depends. .,

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pounds milk. 1579 butterfat in E' 365 days was the top milk pro- ducer of the breed at least. up to 1961. and her .dam produced 34.699 milk. 1.475 blttterlnt at 16 years of age.

Another lee's Hill Farm cow produced at -14 years. nine months 30,360 pounds milk. 1,- , 354 fat in 365 days on 2X milk- ini. ‘

No comparable records are available ’n (‘anada yet though an active breed executive is working at the national level and Mr. Dollotl' suggests the Brown Svuss will have a show at the Royal Winter Fair in two years' time. a project that na- tional secretary Ralph Libby 0!. Hamilton. Ontario, is pr'omoting . vigorously.

IO’IJ'JARY GIRL

Black River Farm was liablishcd here by Ratbburn Willard. a retired manufactur- 3 ‘er of Scrtuale. Rhode lsland..: lwho has an unusual warm feel-i '* in: for the Island and its ‘ pie and "wanted to some. Itliin: for its basic industry of agriculture "

He has been comm: here for ‘40 years and it all began whom ‘e former O'Leary girl endear: ed herself to his I mily by the

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