Contentedest Cow
Sirs: On p. 63, Feb. 24 issue of TIME a great record by a great cow, Carnation Ormsby Butter King of 38,606.6 lb. milk and 1,420 lb. butter fat. But—The American Shorthorn Breeders Association, Chicago, Ill. claim for a Milking Shorthorn world's record for butter fat from the Australian Milking Shorthorn Melba 15th of Darhalara. Record 32,5221b. milk, 1,614 lb. butter fat. How about it? WEXTWORTH P. BLODGETT
Roaring Brook Farm Bradford, Vt.
Australian Melba, a Shorthorn, made her record in 1924. Carnation Co., owners of Holstem "Daisy," contend that Melba's record is "unofficial."—ED. Sirs:
I read with interest your account of the Contentedest Cow. I never realized before what a prize the milk from contented cows actually is If one were to operate the beast which you describe as a miniature dairy for one year the results would be approximately as follows. Assuming local conditions it would cost about $801 to feed her and pay 4% interest on the initial investment. In as much as this does not include labor of tending, taxes, etc. and the receipts obtained from the sale of her produce are only $469 it is perhaps as well to have a few discontented cows about to cut down the loss
I assumed that the cow is valued at $10,000.
LAURENCE D. LIBBY Camden, Me. Carnation Co. declines to set a value on Carnation Ormsby Butter King.—ED. Sirs: TIME-readers who are breeding pure bred dairy cattle—and there are many—were especially pleased to see the picture of the new champion milk and butter fat producer, Carnation Ormsby Butter King, and the story of her significant performance in your Business & Finance section of Feb. 24. Holstein-Friesian >reeders of course, were particularly jubilant. . . .
E.A. Stuart, founder of Carnation Co., established this herd of pure bred Holsteins over a quarter century ago, and has paid as high as $106,000 for a bull. Other leaders of the industry who get pleasure and relaxation as well as a sense of service to agriculture through their Hoistem breeding efforts are Colonel H. F du Pont of Delaware; Colonel Fred Pabst of Milwaukee-George Rasmussen of National Tea: E. H. Maytag of washing-machine fame: F. E. Murphy of the Minneapolis Tribune; Governor Lowden of Illinois; T.B. Macaulay of the Sun Life in Canada; Ogden Mills, Owen D. Young, Daniel Willard. . . . M. S. PRESCOTT
Editor
Holstein-Friesian World Lacona, N. Y.
Hopeless Back Number
Sirs:
Your reviewer calmly and dispassionately dissects plays which make my hair stand on end. Apparently the context are not to him bombshells.
The past five years I have been awakening. Having a little more time, due to the fruits of middle age, I have been attending more often the cinema, hearing many of the latest plays.
During the first three years I began to feel that, in order to have any sex appeal, I should manage to get at least one divorce. The fact that I had overlooked this in my twenties perhaps accounted for the fact that only my husband had never spoken to me about passionate love.
During the past two years, I have come to feel that, in addition, I should have had at least one illegitimate child.