Contented Champion

There are two ways of measuring a cow's production: by actual amount of milk given or by the milk's butterfat content. World records for total milk production and total butterfat production have always been held by different cows. Last week a purebred Holstein on Carnation Co.'s experimental dairy farm near Seattle finished a year's test which set new world records in both classifications. The cow: Carnation Ormsby Butter King, known to her attendant as Daisy. In 365 days Daisy produced 38,606.6 Ib. of milk and 1,420 Ib. of butterfat. That was equal to nearly 18,000 quarts and 1,750 lb. of butter.* Daisy was milked four times every 24 hours by Carnation's able cowhand, Carl Gockrell, who also milked the former world's champion milk producer in 1920 when the old record was set. To that cow Carnation erected a statue. Born nine years ago, Daisy was sired by Carnation's Matador Segis Ormsby, rated the greatest bull that ever lived. Twenty-seven daughters have each tested better than 19,000 Ib. of milk and 700 Ib. of butterfat. Five have topped 30,000 Ib. of milk, and seven have records of more than 1,000 Ib. of butterfat. Average for U. S. cows is about 5,000 Ib. of milk, 200 Ib. of butter. Daisy's dam was bought by a Yokohama breeder named Y. Habu, who took her to Japan. During the twelve-month test period, Daisy gained some 75 Ib., now weighs a little more than 1,700 Ib. Kept in a large box stall, she was carefully guarded against undue excitement. She consumed more than 21 tons of food and unlimited quantities of water. A typical daily ration: 40 Ib. of green feed; 12 Ib. of beet pulp; 25 Ib. of sliced beets; 20 Ib. of silage; 20 Ib. of mixed grain feed; 2 Ib. of molasses. When the weather was good Daisy was allowed to graze for two hours daily.

Carnation Co. sells condensed and evaporated milk under the slogan "Milk from Contented Cows." The 1,500-acre experimental Carnation Farms are conducted in the interest of dairying in general, for all of the milk to be canned is bought from other farms. Farmers improve their herds by buying stock at auction from the Farms. Milk from Daisy and the other contented cows on the Carnation Farms is sold raw in Seattle.

*Prime dairy statistics: 1 qt. of milk weighs 2.15 Ib.; 1 Ib. of butterfat equals 1.25 Ib. of butter.

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