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of fat. Glista Netherland during practically the same time has 

 had two calves ; been in milk 134 weeks ; and produced 27136.75 

 pounds of milk and 854 pounds of fat. 



The largest yield of milk for one lactation period was that of 

 Ruby as an eight-year old, or 16089.50 pounds in 64 weeks. 

 Her production of fat for this period was 531.32 pounds equiva- 

 lent to 625 pounds of butter containing 85 per cent fat. As a 



100. — Ruby at ten years of age. 



two-year old she gave promise of being a good cow by producing 

 in one year 8448 pounds of milk. Her picture is here repro- 

 duced as she appeared when two years old and also one taken in 

 the fall of 1898 when ten years old. A picture of her daughter, 

 Kate, now two years old, is also given to show the close resem- 

 blance between calf and dam at the same age. Kate dropped her 

 first calf Sept. 16, 1898 and up to April ist 1899 had produced 

 3684 pounds of milk. This is much less than her dam gave in 

 the same length of time and it will be interesting to see if she 

 ever resembles her as much in production as in appearance. 



