"THE NURSERY OF THE BREED" REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN NEW YORK STATE'S MOHAWK VALLEY

About the Author: Terrence Grant is a graduate of Central Texas Collage and the State University of New York at Brockport. He served six years in the United States Air Force in Washington D.C., eight years as a town and village justice in Caledonia, New York and four years as a town councilman in Leicester, New York. With his wife Mary and daughter Ashley they have owned registered Holsteins since 1987 that they have shown in local, state and national shows, including the Grand Champion of the 2013 Western New York Spring Show. He is also the author of: The Life and Time of George Washington Patterson. The story of the Lieutenant Governor from Livingston and Chautauqua Counties. (2014). 458 pages. DAIRY FARMING WITH REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK. Since 1821 dairy farming has been a major industry in Livingston County, New York and since the early 1900's registered Holsteins have been the breed of choice for many farmers in the county. This is the story of the breeders, their farms and their Holsteins. (2015). 484 pages. WERE THEY TRULY CHAMPIONS? The true story of Oliver Cabana Jr., Pine Grove Farms in Elma, New York and his world record setting herd of Holstein Cattle. In 1919 Charles Cole confessed that many of the records had been made by 'helping the cows' produce more milk and butter. Cabana then fought with the Holstein-Friesian Association of America for three years before the records were expunged. (2015). 294 pages. "A Bad Goodbye"............ The Gay-Ridge and Kingstead All-American Heritage Show Herd. The story of Greg Wilcom and his winning show cows, along with the story of the King family and the Kingstead Farms, who helped Greg reach new heights in showing cattle. (2017). 144 pages. This is history of the breeders and their families and the Holstein-Friesian cattle they bred and owned going back to 1870.