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offspring to the best bulls obtainable, and saving his heifer calves 

 until his herd assumed such size to warrant the keeping of a 

 bull, which he then purchased. Having to work for his living 

 and starting with limited means, he did not invest large sums in 

 the purchase of 'bulls, but secured the best he could at moderate 

 figures, butter was made and sold, and accurate record was kept 

 of the milk yield of each cow, and while Mr. Atkins' work as a 

 mechanic in a large hardware factory kept him from his farm ta 

 such an extent that he had to depend on employed men to work 

 the farm and care for the stock, the herd has steadily increased 

 until it nov/ numbers close to 100 head, over forty of which are 

 now in milk, and practically no culling done yet. The milk yield 

 of the entire herd that has been in milk for a year, good arid 

 indifferent, young and old, averages just a trifle under 7,000 

 pounds per cow for 1914, and the average herd test as near as 

 can be now determined, is probably 5i per cent, fat, making a 

 probable butter yield of 425 pounds per head for the entire herd,, 

 all bred from one cow by one man, with a small outlay of money^ 

 and working under the handicap that limited means, and learning 

 as you work imposes, this should be an inspiration to all. 



Space will not permit mention of but a few of the great 

 Jerseys Connecticut has contributed. Among these we will 

 mention : 



Milk for Butter for 

 the year the year 



Molly of Edgewood No. 167956 14036 lbs. 830 lbs. 



De Lavals Isanthe No. 191473 15900 lbs. 802 lbs. 



Caro's Sarai No. 256397 15413 lbs. 906 lbs. 



Pet of Belleview No. 204033 , 14592 lbs. 926 lbs. 



Eminent's Bess No. 209719 18782 lbs. 1132 lbs. 



Eminent's Bess was owned in Connecticut and sold to 

 Michigan, where this record was made, which made her the 

 champion Jersey at that time, and her milk yield still stands at 

 the head for the breed. 



In family building, too, Connecticut has done her full share,, 

 the great bull Combination, head of the Combination family, was 

 bred in Berlin, Conn., and sold young for $150.00. 



The Sayda Family, who are today making history, in fact^^ 

 Sayda's Queen of Ventnor 168033, whose recent yield of 13,280 



