PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHIC#3
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| Nom de l'objet : | PRINT, PHOTOGRAPHIC#3 |
| Titre : | Certificate of Superior Production .16 |
| Type de l'objet : | DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT |
| Classification de l'objet : | COMMUNICATION ARTIFACTS |
| Numéro d'accession : | 2004.033.003.03 |
| Description : | A certificate printed in blue on yellow paper with typewritten entries. It is a Certificate of Superior Production issued by the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada to Muskoka Burke Christine, as a senior three-year-old in 309 days, milked three times per day she produced 20,471 lbs Milk 168 lbs Fat; owner, Abner B, Martin of West Montrose, Ontario; date January 9, 1962. 25.5 x 18 cm Various ORIGINAL |
| Fonctions : | The Waterloo County Holstein Breeders Club was constituted in 1915 with these stated objectives: - promotion of good fellowship among members and advancement of the Holstein Friesian breed of cattle - holding of public sales at auction - encouraging .. advanced registry and weighing and testing of milk of the whole herd - discussion of the best methods of breeding, rearing and exhibiting - raising the standard of excellence of the breed - establsihing a reputation for Waterloo County as a centre of high class Holstein Friesian cattle. Officers 1915: President - A.C. Hallman, Breaslau 1st Vice President - Andrew Zoeller, New Hamburg 2nd Vice President - Anthony Gies, St. Jacobs Secretary Treasurer - William A. Rife, Galt With Directors - Warren Bean, Irvin Shoemaker, William Douglas, John Howling, D. B. Hoffman, H. Beckner, H. Groh, A. Shantz, H. Ludolph. Waterloo County breeders began sending groups of cattle to the Canadian National Exhibition in 1928, and they progressed through the years to the forefront. A.B. Brubacher was appointed fieldman in 1928. he was succeeded in 1938 by Lorne Brubacher. The top priced cow in the first Club sale brought $375. and "would grade in the top 5% of Holsteins today." On-farm sales in 1930 totalled $33,184. In 1940 one order alone for export to the U.S. totalled $15,000. The Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association under the management of Roy G. Snyder, a Waterloo County native, was the first artificial insemination unit in the world to go to 100% use of deep frozen semen in 1954. Dry ice was first used as a refrigerant, followed by mechanical freezers like the one show, which was in turn followed by liquid nitrogen vessels, to store bull semen indefinitly at -320 F. The Waterloo Holstein Club recognized very early the value of artificial insemination for extending the service of superior bulls over more herds. From their pioneering efforts came an artificial breeding association that within twenty years (by 1962) was providing service over a five county area, inseminating eighty thousand cows per year, employing more than forty people. They also pioneered the frozen semen technique in 1954. Semen from Waterloo County was used early in South Africa, New Zealand and Germany. Semen was delivered by air from Waterloo to Bruce County for the first time in 1950. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Kitchener |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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