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railroad will present Fouracres Horace Brown, the bull from his prize herd at Wauwautosa, Wis.,
to the community of Rochester.
Fouracres Horace Brown, No. 233,743, was born October 12th, 1923, is solid color, has
black tongue and switch, and is a son of Fouracres Majesty Houpla and Fouracres Fairy Cupid,
who has a silver medal register of merit record as a three year old with 645 pounds fat and just
recently completed a record of 790 pounds fat.
As soon as more of the details for the program are worked out, they will be announced
through the Rochester News-Sentinel.
[NOTE: See Prize Bull Day]
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Tuesday, February 3, 1925]
WILL HOLD “BULL DAY” PROGRAM IN GYMNASIUM
An important meeting will be held in the new [Whitmer] gymnasium in Rochester on
March 11th at 1:30 p.m. when President Underwood of the Erie railroad will present a fine Jersey
bull to the Rochester community for having the best attendance and for showing the greatest
interest and co-operation when the “Better Bull Special” was run across Northern Indiana last fall.
Twelve communities in northern Indiana competed for the bull.
Mr. Underwood’s bull will be a very valuable asset to our community. The bull is from a
family of very high production. His dam produced 790 pounds of butterfat in the year just ended.
How good this production is may be realized when one knows that the production of the average
Indiana cow is only 161 pounds of butterfat. The bull will be used by Jersey cattle men who are
interested in breeding good animals. A bull club will be formed of these men and the bull will be
turned over to them.
On March 11th, which will be known as Prize Bull Day the program will consist of talks
by President Underwood, Director G. I. Christie of Purdue University, and Mr. W. H. Senour of
Brookville, Ind. The plans call for a trial of the scrub bull. There will be judges, lawyers, jury,
witnesses, and everything else necessary for a regular trial. Following the trial will come the
funeral of the scrub bull, with numerous pall bearers, and a funeral sermon by Mr. Senour, Roy S.
Lundin, county agricultural, has announced.
[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Saturday, February 21, 1925]
PRIZE BULL DAY BRINGS THRONGS IN FOR PROGRAM
“Prize Bull Day,” the date, time and place of which had been before the people of Fulton
county for many weeks, occupied the attention of the farmers and merchants today and they
flocked to the [Whitmer] gymnasium [SE corner Sixth & Fulton] in large numbers shortly after
noon to be present at the program and to witness the giving away of “Four Acres Horace Brown,
233743, prize bull of the herd of Frederick Underwood, president of the Erie railroad.
The program was started a little late in order to allow the Erie officials to be present.
They arrived at 1:40 on the Erie from Chicago in a private car and went immediately to the
gymnasium. While word was received early this morning that President Underwood was delayed
elsewhere and would not be present, later advise stated that he reached Chicago late last night and
might be here. In case however the honor guest was absent his place in the ceremony was to be
taken by Robbins, vice president of the Erie. About ten high officials from the executive offices at
Chicago came for the celebration.
Earlier arrivals were T. M. Palmer, farm production agent and Luther D. Fuller, chief
agricultural agent who with Roy Lundin, county agent and Robert Shafer, president of the Young
Men’s Business Association had charge of the details of the program. Others early on the scene
were G. I. Christie, director of the Purdue university extension bureau, and W. H. Senour, of the
American Jersey Cattle club. Several others prominent in agricultural work were expected to
attend.
The program was opened with music after which Mr. Lundin introduced Henry A.
Barnhart who presided at the meeting. Robert Shafer was scheduled for a short talk after which
was to come an explanation of the affair by Mr. Fuller. The address of the day was to be given by