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~ J, Lincoln Dewar, standing Bureau. He wag attending the the recently organized Ontario RIGHT, is known here as the annual meeting last week of gecretary of the P.E.1. Feder- the Dairy Farmers of Canada. ‘tion of Agriculture. In tiiis picture he’s in the capacity of national charman of the Can- ‘ vice-president of the adian Dairy Foods Service DFC. He's also chairman of

THIS AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY = | Vickerson Herd Hold . “Impressive Records —

feed in. mind when he’s)

Cooper, president of the Na-

* tional Dairy Council. Seated is J.C, Brannick, president. Fras- er Valley Milk Producers As- sociation.

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" * By NEIL A. MATHESON age farmer has to keep the cost| in the herd. One bull is im I visited last Saturday - . with of the i the artificial breeding cen-

dim: Vickerson, Warren Grove, |g0img for a record. The wealthy| tre at Fredericton, another and saw his grand old cow River |breeder thinks only of the re-| is in the Dunnell herd at North Beacon’s Maid that bas|cord. He.can afford to do so. Embro, Ontario. But Star made impressive records in| River North Oscar’s Star is; only produced ome heifer production and on classification, |the other outstanding cow that| calf in her 10 lactations. .

_. Maid is a sister of Jester’s|helped to build the Vickerson | NINE WINNERS

Standard Dreamer, a bull bred |ierd. She had an even. more

and raised by Edison Mutch,{impressive production ‘record {lent animals in the_ Vickerson North River that went to the|with two silver medals, three |herd: Two of them were the two

Grand Championship circle . at the Royal Winter Fair back in j ‘ lifetime production

pounds butterfat in 10 lactations. There’s one big difference

ee the late Mr’ Mutch took to ere in the stable now.

Royal grand championship

Milk Marketing Board; T. B.-

'| Vickerson. ‘They live in homes in the same yard, with only a drive-

way separating the establish-

ments.

complishments by the Warren |Grove herd was the winning of ithe progeny-of-dam class for se- | ven straight years with the same two cows at the Provincial Ex-

was one year old and Nancy was two when they first won. the class, They are daughters of unbeaten, I-understand from Mr. Vickerson. ~- Nancy and Lyn will not contest that class again. _I forgot to_ _ preme Excellent.” “That ti- tle is. earned when a, cow is

There have been nine excel-|River North Pansy’s - Sir,

older cows, referred -to here, that were bred by Mr. Mutch. \ But the other seven were bred ids milk, 6,969+in the Vickerson stable. Five

I have been talking of Jic Vic-

‘The price was $75. \ price’ Jim Vickerson told me,

“That's haw he came to get one

¢ircle in 1953. The cow has class @n-both sides of her pedigree.

history to win the grand male onship at the Royal with Jerseys in successive years with different bulls. Mr. Mutch bought the Edgelea bull. as “a young calf from the Edgelea farm: just outside Toronto, : Dam of Beacon’s. Maid was

Mutch regarded with than any other pair he ever ed. At least that’s the { sion I received from my with him during the latter ye: of his lifetime. The other great Mutch cow was Standard Brave Flora:——They were sisters, and several times grand champion- winners at Charlottetown. I for- get the details at other fairs, , Beacon’s Maid is a blind . cow, she has been blind since she was a young calf, _ But she must be one of _ most productive blind cows in Jersey history. MEDAL WINNER She qualified for two Silver Medals (400 pounds fat in

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age) and two Gold Medals. This

Calls for cow to produce 610:)|-’

pounds of fat in 305 days as a mature cow. In, both cases the cow had to calve within 400 days of her last previous freshening.

In addition Maid qualified for | a Medal of Merit which calls for, / the production of 740 pounds but-/

terfat in 305 days.. She produc- ed 761 pounds fat in her seventh year. .

Maid. had qualified~for the ton of-gold certificate --2.000 pounds butteffat -- and later qualified for. her second ton-ofgold. The ton-of-gold incidentally, has to be produced in four successive lactations. pounds butterfat. in 1,471 days, She, had her 4.101 pounds fat in seven lactations.

Maid is still producing., Mr. Vickerson tells me she hasn't been dry now in more than two years, though, she has been freshening each year.

_She has produced 90,696 pounds milk, 4,822 pounds butterfat in eight lactations. Her average breed class,

"average over eight lacta- ‘tions has been 151. milk, 148 _ butterfat. Her best lacta- ' tion was 185 BCA in milk,

187 BCA in fat. . She was. bred a few days ago to a top Jersey sire whose semen is available through an artifi- cial -breeding unit.

COULDN'T LOSE ;

Mr. Vickerson bought Maid when she was six months of age. ‘T figured 1 couldn't lose on her. at. that though he was naturally retuct- ant to purchase a blind heifer.

of the best cows he'll ever have in_his_ stable. _

Her top milk production was approximately 14,000 pounds. In a rich man's stable, that would Probably have been several thou-

fand pounds higher. ‘The aver-':

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, Open.a 4% Savings Accumulation Account — : at Royal Trust. It makes good sense to have two

“accounts — one to cover day-to-day expenses and_a Savings Accumulation Account for Sunny Day savings. (Sunny Pay savings can include so many wonderful things: a new car, & creise or holiday. Or a handsome retirement income.) Your Savings °° Accumulation Account at Royal Trust earns you 4°/o per annum on the minimum monthly balance payable on April 30th and ° October 31st. Although chequing privileges are not included,

grading excellent inher ear- lier years and retains her conformation so that she ra- tes the same classification when she is ten years old.

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Incidentally, Beacon's Maid is a half-sister to the Jersey bull that has just been designated a Sil- ver Medal bull by the Canadian

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One of the most unusual ac- |

Beacon's Maid and will retire |

con’s Maid is classified “Su- |

Jersey Cattle Club on. the pro-|

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d of three of his daugh ters. He now has 21 tested dau- | ghters' that average 7,571 Ibs. milk, = Ibs. fat, a per cent m.e. He was bred the late Edison B. Mutch, and is owned by H.H. Ross, Sherbrooke, Que. His sire is Edgelea Beacon . Jester Standard, Excellent, Gold and. Silver Medal Superior Sire and his dam is Maid’s Pansy, Excellent, a daughter of Pansy's White Aim that hs qualified for | a Ton of Gold certificate and has @ lifetime production of 100,415 Ys. milk, 4,868 Ibs. fat, in 8 lac- tations. In addition she is a test- led dam with one son and four daughters that average 12,010 - ‘Abs... milk, 625 Ibs. fat, 5.21. per

My thanks go to the lady who wrote me regarding the column of Jatuary 11. One sentence was niisleading in that it seemed to indicate that J. Eric Hurry, West Ro- yalty. is the only Guernsey breeder in the province with a cow scoring 89 percent in conformation, Mr. Hurry is the only Island man to br a Guernsey cow that has | been rated “Excellent” for

conformation. She’s Pa- | tosie Derraine's Lassie. As the lady pointed out there

have been a number of Guer-

nsey cows rated 89. He

The addition of Charlie Scran- ton to the executive of the P.E.I.

strength was needed. Mrs. Ful- ton Sanderson served in the ca- pacity of secretary with great effectiveness for the association. Her death late last year was a ~_ loss to. the group. Mr. Scran- ton — he’s known across the (province for his work with. the (Poultry division, Canada depart: | |ment of agriculture .— should be ja distinct asset to the breed. Mr, Scranton has a personal jinterest in the White Face beef- jers as he ‘has ‘some’ registered | |Herefords on the farm he is de- [eshonieg in the Hazelbrook—Mt. | Albion area, \

|. Fitting reference was made at |the recenf’annual meeting to the |}tremendous feat of Fulton San- derson, York Point in winning |the steer championship at the Atlantic Winter Fair for the se- _ cond straight year: He had the jfeserve grand champion three years-eg0-———_-—_____-_—_— : I'm still waiting word on the best steer in Canada at shows in |1965. 1 was told by a man, who |should know that the Sanderson steer would probably. be the top janimal in Canada, judging by his score. I'll let you know just as soon as I get confirmation of ithat; if I-do get it.

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