Photograph of the British Holstein cow, "Gorstage Gonda" standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. She was owned by Mrs. Townshend and 'in one year (1910-1911) this cow gave the extraordinary yield of 1647 gallons of milk.'

Photograph of the British Holstein cow, "Melford Eva" standing in a paddock in the early 20th century.

Two photographs of Holstein dairy cows that produced different amounts of butter in Wisconsin, USA in the early 20th century. The first photograph, "Casey Jones" Produced Three Tubs of Butter a Year' shows a pure-bred Holstein that looked good, but produced a small amount of butter. The second photograph, "Handsome Is As Handsome Does" shows aonther pure-bred Holstein cow, "Vickery Vale Beechwood" that produced 20 pounds of butter a year. Both were at Wisconsin Station.

Photograph of the [Holstein-Friesian] cow, "Colantha 4th" who was the dam of '"Colantha 4th Johanna" standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that "Colantha 4th"'s year's record for milk yield was: milk, 14,951 lbs, fat, 577 lbs as a four year-old.

Photograph of the [Holstein-Friesian] cow, "Colantha 4th Johanna" standing in a wooded field in 1907.

Photograph, or possibly illustration, of the [Holstein-Friesian] cow, "Colantha, Imported" standing in a field in the early 20th century. She was the dam of "Colantha, 4th" and grandam of " Colantha 4th's Johanna."

Photograph of the Dutch bred Holstein bull, "Brinio II" in the early/mid 20th century.

Photograph of the Holstein cow, "Johanna Rue 2nd" standing in a paddock in the early 20th century. She was the dam of "Sir Johanna," the sire of "Colantha 4th's Johanna" Her 'year's record was: milk, 18,280 lbs, fat, 662 lbs.'

Photograph of the Holstein-Friesian bull, "Colantha Johanna" standing in a wooded field with a man in the early 20th century. The bull was bred by W J Gillet and sold by him for $800 and its dam was, "Colantha 4th Johanna" and its sire was, "Sarcastic Lad".

Rider thanks Ewart for the letter and books and states that he will shortly send Ewart photographs of two Holstein-Jersey cross-bred heifers and a tail-less calf. He is interested in beginning experiments with Siberian sheep and hopes to be able to exchange ram lambs with Ewart. He wonders whether the Agricultural Society of Scotland would be willing to send some livestock reports to Syracuse University.