The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 13, 1916, Page TWO, Image 2
. PAYS TO RAISE !
HIGH-CUSS CATTLE.,
t' !
INTERESTING STORY OF YOUNG
FARMER'S ACHIEVEMENTS
ALONG THIS LINE.
The following very interesting article
by Mr Paul C Willard is taken,
from the current number of The
American Nagazine. We believe it
will be of interest to every farmer's
son in the county, especially tho9<-1
interested in raising improved catt'e.!
This is a romance of real life- the t
*- kaci urli * kori 1
BlOgrapiiy ui a lauuci iwj m u uuvt t
the pluck and perseverance to make;
a great dream come true.
On the hills of Oneida county,New
York,three miles from Clinton,a few j
years ago lived Francis M Jones, the
son of a former struggling for a
meager livetihuc 1. One of young,
Jones's daily tasks was to milk, mor-1
ning and night, the red cows of his!
father's herd; but he felt contempt
for such common stock and cherished
an ambition to own some animals
of better breed. He broached the
idea to his father; but the elder
Jones.a farmer of the old school, rejected
it promptly. Cows were cows
in his sight.
But Frank clung to his scheme.
He read live-stock papers and kept
on pleading with his father. He could
make some money if he had some
Holsteins; he was rnre of it. He was!
equally su-v that ih re was no profit ;
to speak <if in (vntnun cattle. At
last the father yielded. Frank might I
do as h pleased, he said, but he had .
no faith in the pn ject.
They announced an auction. The i
neighbors came, shaking their heads (
at what seemed to th^m a rash act.
and bought the herd,thirty head,and
nioht tKj hiir h.tm *?tnod pmotv.
Frank hastened to a stock farm the I
next day and bought two spotted
black-and-white heifers of excellent j pedigree
for $250 and joyously drove j
them home. The farmers saw him
trudging through the dust behind j .
his cows, and scoffed. They antici- j
pate 1 dire disaster for Farmer Jones, j n
But Frank tended his o^ws through i c<
the winter and the next spring p ;rchased
seven calves, bringing his in- n
vestment up to $1,400, which, re- tl
member.w as the total amount staked a
on the enterprise. tl
Then came lean and anxious years d
at Spring Farm, as Frank called the n
home of his miniature herd. He was d
obliged to wait for his animals to j c
reach maturity; but through those p
trying times he never faltered in his tl
# faith. The heifers grew big and |
sleek. He always fed and wa:ered : J
them with his own hands; he groom-1
ed and petted them,and coaxed milk i F
from them in prodigious quantities, f
And, between these tasks, he studied F
every book that he could find on cat- n
tie and devoured every live-stock d
journal from cover to cover. He ex- t<
perimented with various kinds of 1'
feed with tireless patience and mas- C
tered every detail of his business. e
His reward came even before he
recognized it. One of the two heifers J
that he had driven home so proudly tl
was the mother of a little creature p
that he named Ponliac Lass. tl
The young dairyman bided his a
time; meanwhile weighing the milk w
and keeping a careful record, which e
told him that his cows were extraor- a
, dinary, and that year by year their V
milk production steadily increased, p
Above them all stood Pontiac Lass, $
his favorite. Her yield was almost v,
incredible. Jones kept his own coun- f<
sel until he was convinced; then he Ij
sent to Cornell university and asked tl
for some dairy experts. li
. Trained herdsmen came and began f<
a seven-days' test of Pontiac Lass, le
They milked four times a day? q
morning, noon, evening and mid- p
night. There was little sleep for tl
Jones. As nervously as a candidate
awaiting the election returns, he h
haunted the barn where his pet plac- p
idly chewed her cud, and where at
noon or by lantern light the Strang- F
ers computed the butter fat. d;
The seventh day came. The fig- p
ures were completed?more than 44 a
pounds of butter?and the excited P
herdsmen proclaimed that the world p
record had been broken by Pontiac
Lass. Not by a narrow margin, eith- T
V er, but by more than two pounds, a'
' \ They showered congratulations on a;
Jones, who seemed not surprised at rr
alh( rr
"I knew it months ago," he said, h
"Keep on! Let's see what she'll do tl
in thirty days." w
Followed more sleepless nights,for
the tension greatly increased. Jones h
knew now that a fortune was hang- ei
ing in the balance, but he had faith tl
that Pontiac Lass would not fail, ei
On a Sunday murning a nervous and ai
excited group stood about the scale tl
- *?~ 1 w
* awaiting the last Dnmmiug uuv.nct ?
of milk. It was weighed, the table tl
of figures was footed and a cheer r<
arose that echoed through the big
barn and brought the lazy, prostrate nr
cattle to their feet. Another new o
world record?171 i pounds of but- f'
ter, or about four pounds more in a !i
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in goodness and
in pipe satisfaction
is all we or its enth
astic friends ever cl
for it!
It answers every i
or any other man
cool and fragrant
smokeappetite that
it in a mighty shor
Will you invest 5c
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a- i
lonth than the average America
ow produces in a year!
Th" A.-sociatc-d Press flashed th
ews fr/?: ocean t< ocean, and siai
led dairymen and fanciers read i
nd asked, " A'h<> is Jones?" Soo
hey began to arrive at Jofoes's farn
oubtfui and suspicious. They d<
landed a re-test,thinning that soir
rug had been used to stimulate th
ow, or that some fraud had bee
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erpeiratfu. it wow t puoomir,
hey said.
"Go as izr as you like," sai
ones affably
They stationed a guard aboi
'ontiac Lass day and night, and in
w days all doubts were dissipatet
'ontiac Las3 calmly took the r<
laining world records in turn?6
ays, more than 308 pounds of bu'
?r; 90 days, more than 426 pound:
00 days, more than 465 pound:
ither animals in the herd broke otl
r records for cows of various age:
A new era dawned for Fran
ones and his family. The momer
hat Pontiac Lass became the chan
ion the value of the whole herd, b
his tinre about sixty ccws, apprec
ted enormously. Jones becam
wealthy overnight. Dairymen flocl
d to the farm eager to buy animal
kin to the world's greatest cow
ifhen the neighbors read in a new:
aper that Jones had sold a cow fc
10,000 they opened their eyes; an
'hen a bull went a few days late
ar $6,000 they were almost part
rzed. They even began to entertai
ip idea that the raisincr of fane
ve-stock might be a good busines
)r them to engage in. One of ther
>aned over Jones's fence and ir
uired the price of a spotted calf tha
oked an inquisitive nose throug
le boards.
"I don't care much about sellin
er," Jones replied; "but if I do th
rice will be not less than $10,000.'
They don't speak slightingly o
rank Jones in that locality now?
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ays writrn uirv see ins Buiuuiuuu
ass. He has 140 animals, value
t considerably more than $250,001
ontiac Lass still retains the charr
ionshif.
Jones scows are bovine aristocrat
heir lives are heavily insured, an
t the first sign of illness a veterir
rian hastens to attend them. A!
lost any one in the herd is worth a
mch as a house and lot. On th
illtop stands a fine mansion, one o
le fruits of Frank Jones's "ma
him."
To illustrate how the value of th
erd leaped when Pontiac Lass gain
i the championship, we may cit
le ca3e of her first calf, born sev
ral vears before she became famous
nd sold by Jones for $150. Witl
le arrival o? universal honors, h
itterly resrretted that he had sol
le calf, and the buyers were cor
?spondingIy jubilant.
Jones resolved to regain the ani
ml at any cost. His opportunit
ccurred when the calf, by this tim
ull-grown, was put up at auctior
ts value was recognized ond hie
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? yOU'LL find a cheery howdy-do
I nutter how much of a stranger you
Tfc. neck of the wooda you drop into. F
Ifca. Albert is right there ? at the first
pass that sells tobacco I The
>6^ bag sells for a nickel and tl
flh. tin for a dime; then there't
some pound and halt
tlSl- humidors and tl
crystal-glass hui
aimed StTEZ
baccc
smoke desire you
ever had! It is so
: and appealing to youi
t you will get chummy w
t time!
or 10c to prove out our k
joy smoke?
BACCO CO., Winstoa-S&Iera, N. I
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^ ding was brisk, but Jones rais<
e every offer. The bids advanced
to three, five, ten fifteen thousai
dollars, and at that figure the son 1
Pontiac Lass again became the pro
l" erty of Frank Jones and went ba>
y to live at Spring Farm.
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ui't parch your throat;
can smoke it as long and
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ack but real tobacco hap!
reverse side of every Prinee
package you will read:
"PROCESS PATENTED
JULY 30th, 1907"
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o give quality!
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or one of our Tacome
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fectly sanitary water cooler,
which cools the water
without waste of ice. ^
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