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     SECOND SWTION CHARIDTI‘ETOWN, APRIL so. 1933 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ Province has revival 
     
     of Brown Swiss cattle v 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
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      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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     BIG STURDY B 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
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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. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ONE FARMER 
     
    
   
   
    
     TELLS ANOTHER 
     
    
   
   
    
     To 
     
    
   
   
    
     llnd SAVE {on 
     
    
   
   
    
     SPRING FERTILIZERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     and SEEDS” 
     
    
   
   
    
     “QUALITY'SERVIGE'SAVINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     SEEDS and runs 
     
    
   
   
    
     For your spring sowing we have in stock a 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     'FERTIllZERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Here for spring is our shipments of 
     
     farm fertilizers and limes. You‘ 
     
     Ioresure  quality when you buy 
     
     from Co-op. So Mr. Farmer this 
     
     spring in. quality fertilizers and 
     
     lime. Give us a cal and we will 
     
    
   
   
    
     deliver to your farm. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     POTATO WAREHOUSE 
     
     Dial 2255 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘aSsociation reveaLs that all of 314 ‘3' as ‘l lW0-yPar-0ld heifer Milk in m"! W. and the h‘ghpgt “aims d 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     full variety of all the regular seed mixes . . . so 
     
     don’t hesitate, come in today, you will be sure of 
     
     getting highest quality seeds plus lowest possible 
     
     prices .1 . . Have you tried Co-Op feeds? If not, it 
     
     is time you have, because ethe balanced ration 
     
     in our better feeds keep your stock healthy and 
     
     growing. So no matter what your feed need, 
     
     don’t put it off, call on us today. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     FEED and SEED WAREHOUSE 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     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,” 
     
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     . . . 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- 
     
    

    
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     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 
     
    
   
   
    
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     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- 
     
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     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 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     unusual can“ skit and dew» 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     MMERSIDE CO-OP Assn. Lt . 
     
    
   
   
    
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     DIAL 4-7841 
     
    
   
   
    
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