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WASHINGTON HAS
MILKING CONTEST
Secretary Wallace Wins Over
Senator Magnus Johnson
By Half Pint
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Magnus |
Johnson, the dirt farmer senator from
Minnesota and Secretary Wallace of j
the department of agriculture at- j
tempted today to settle their feud ;
wKh a milking contest. But the re- |
suit was so inconclusive that Senator j
Johnson challenged Secretary Wal
lace to a further contest with a buck- j
saw.
Two of the heaviest milking aristo
crats of the celebrated Soldiers'
Home herd were selected for the con
test. Secretary Wallace took Con
cordia Dekol and Senator Johnson
took Cora Johanna Frenesta Dekol.
Both are celebrated advanced registry ;
matrons of the Holstein-Frleslan j
family. Anti-kickers and tail holders
were barred and the rules called for
dry hand milking, two quarters at a |
time, three-gallon pails between the
knees.
MaJ. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, retired,
commandant of the Soldlirs’ Home,
held the watch, and when he said
"go” the senator and the secretary
put the tops of their heads into the
cows' flanks and went to work In the
old-fashioned way, which became ex
tinct with the advent of the modern
farm-hand and the milking machine.
For five minutes there was no sound
except that of the steady stream of
milk pouring into the buckets. When
both cows were reported clean the
time was given as five minutes and
when it was measured, it was an
nounced that Secretary Wallace had
won by a half pint.
