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pounds of milk and 890 pounds of butter, starting her test when 

 twelve years old, now heads the list in yield for all Jerseys of her 

 age, is a direct descendant of Sayda 4400, a famous Connecticut 

 cow. Other families who are known to fame are the Coomassies, 

 St. Heliers, Altheas, and the justly great Sophie Tormentor family, 

 who have furnished more cows of the breed making over 1,000 

 pounds of butter yearly than any other family, as well as produc- 

 ing Sophie 19th of H. F. 189748, whose year's yield of 17,557 

 pounds of milk and 1,175 pounds of butter place her ahead of all 

 other Jerseys, while her first five years' work of 64,005 pounds of 

 milk testing 4,414 pounds of butter, proclaim her the Champion 

 long distance dairy cow of the world, and she was bred in Connec- 

 ticut, from a family that was founded in Connecticut. Why even 

 the Champion three-year-old of California, Victor's Lady Queen 

 218349, who milked 10380 pounds testing 714 pounds of butter in 

 regular herd work was Connecticut bred, and as more and better 

 Jerseys are being produced within the State every day, the oppor- 

 tunity to secure foundation stock that are really worth while is 

 steadily improving, while the demand for really good cattle is 

 assuming such proportions that as a business proposition there 

 are few lines that offer such an attractive opening as the 

 breeding and development of high class cattle. The cow popu- 

 lation of our Eastern States is steadily decreasing, while the 

 demand for dairy products is just as steadily increasing, yet clean 

 rich milk at 12 cents a quart is the very cheapest perishable 

 food one can buy in the open market today. Dairymen are 

 being awakened to the fact that with the present high cost of 

 feed and labor only the best cows will pay a profit, hence the- 

 demand for really good cows that will work every day in the 

 year, and Connecticut Jerseys specialize along that line. 



