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In cost of milk, a grade Holstein first followed by a grade Short 

 Horn, then four more grade Holsteins followed by a grade Jersey, then 

 two grade Holsteins followed by the other grade Short Horn. 



In Table XV the averages of the different groups and of the whole 

 are shown. As between the Jerseys and Holsteins, the Jerseys were 

 kept at a cost of about $6.00 per year or thirteen per cent less; they 

 gave a little more than five- eighths as much milk and almost as much 

 fat as the Holsteins; and produced the fat at a cost of two cents per 

 pound less and the milk at twenty cents per hundred weight more than 

 the Holsteins. The two grade Short Horns ate the most food, gave 

 the most milk and fat, and produced milk and fat at the lowest cost, 

 but for the reasons alrea<ly shown they can not be considered as types 

 of the common grade cows of the country; they simply illustrate the 



TABLE XV. — Averages by Breed Groups for the Year. 



fact that has often already been noticed that among such cows are to 

 be found here and there individuals that will respond to good care and 

 improved feeding in a most remarkable way. 



In order to give the reader some idea of the general appearance of 

 the cows we have had plates prepared from photographs of four of the 

 best. At figure one is shown Sue, a grade Short Horn; she produced 

 the most fat and next to the largest amount of milk. At figure three 

 is shown Freddie, a grade Holstein; she gave the largest amount of 

 milk and the second largest amount of fat. At figure two is shown 

 Puss, also a grade Holstein, third in milk production, and at figure four 

 Beauty, a grade Jersey, third in fat production. It is rather a remark- 

 able coincidence that Puss and Beauty, respectively, ranked eighth in 

 fat and milk production. These figures illustrate very nicely the fact 

 that the scale and the fat tester are immeasurably in advance of any 

 outward indication of the producing powers of a cow. Particularly is 



