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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[June 2. 1920. 



These tests are given for the information of buj-ers of pure-bred stocky 

 especially in distant countries, in order that they may have* an indication 

 pi the average fat-content of the milk of the stock being tested in New 

 South "Wales. TKey also serve to show that the fat-content as worked out 

 on the averages oi a number of animals does not vary to any great extent- 

 at the different ages cited. 



AvKUACiE Yields of Privately-owned Cows, 4 yeax's old and over. 

 Official Standard, 249 lb. butter-fat in 273 days. 



Breed. 



Average Yields. 



Milk. 



JButter-fat. 



Average 

 Test. 



'Above Standard. 



No. of 

 Cows. 



Average 

 Fat. K 



Yield. 



Lowest 

 Butter-fat. 



Hisrhest 

 Butter-fat. 



Milking Shorthorn 

 lUawarra ... 

 Jersey 

 Guernsey ... 

 Ayrshire ... 

 Friesian .., 



All Breeds . . . 



lb. 

 7,1 58-5 

 6,899-8 

 5,348-3 

 6,546-2 

 6,817-3 

 9.3-29-4 



7,014-9 



lb. 

 276-4 

 276-4 

 260 4 

 296-9 

 274-7 

 307-1 



282-0 



lb. 



152-2 

 132-9 

 141-7 

 182-4 

 202 

 216-5 



132-9 



lb. 

 490-8 

 490-6 

 440-7 

 469-7 

 433-4 

 4100 



490-8 



In this class 75 failed to I'each the standard ; in other words, 66 per- 

 cent, readied or exceeded the minimum of 249 lb. fat set for mature 

 cows, as against 84 per cent, last year. Compared with that year, too, it 

 will be seen that the average yield for all breeds is some 41 lb. less in 

 butter-fat and 714 lb. less in milk. 



The Government-owned Jersey cow, Wagga Jasmine, gave this year 

 9,534 lb. milk, 600 lb. butter-fat, with an average test of 6-3 per cent. This 

 record is very ihuch ahead of any other of her breed, and exceeds that of all 

 other breeds for this year for fat. 



Average Yields of Privately-owned Cows, 3 years and under 4. 

 Official Standard, 207 lb. fat in 273 days. 



