32 ' BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. lOct. 



they also show their right to a high rank for longer periods. 

 Recently a three-year-old Holstein heifer, Finderne HoUingan 

 Fayne, wonder of the age, amazed all the world by breaking the 

 fat record for all breeds, all ages, regaining laurels not long ago 

 lost by a full aged Holstein to a member of one of the butter 

 breeds. This marvelous production is the first to pass the 1,100 

 pound mark, standing at 1116.05 pounds of butterfat. All breeds 

 have shown wonderful improvement in recent years, and fre- 

 quently writers have declared that the limit had surely been 

 reached only to find, in a comparatively short time, that their 

 prediction had failed. However, it is doubtful if this brilliant 

 performance will be passed in years to come by an animal of like 

 age of any breed. Since these facts were set down, a year and a 

 half ago (May, 1915), this heifer's record has been succeeded by 

 two mature cows in the order given as follows : Finderne Pride 

 Johanna Rue, 28,403.7 pounds milk and 1176.5 fat ; and the pres- 

 ent holder is Duchess Skylark Ormsby with 1205.1 pounds fat 

 from 27,761.7 pounds milk. This enormous quantity of fat is 

 equivalent to 1506.4 pounds of butter (80 per cent, fat, theHolstein 

 factor). 



One Thousand Pound Cows. 



But while such productions as above cited are nothing short 

 of phenomenal, they have come through the infiaence of improved 

 handling and selection. This is shown by the official records 

 reported yearly by the dairy breed associations. Owing to losses 

 in creaming and churning, it requires on an average 85.7 pounds 

 of fat to produce a hundred pounds of butter. On this basis, over 

 fifty Holsteins have produced more than 1,000 pounds of butter, as 

 reported by the Superintendent of Advanced Registry to May 1, 

 1916. Other breeds combined cannot show a like number. 



The Fifty Pound Butter Cow. 



Very recntly has come the announcement that a Holstein cow 

 has produced 50 pounds of butter in one week. These figures are 

 so recent that the writer does not have the final figures as the 

 record is still in progress. The question has often been asked as 

 to when the 50 pound cow would come, but nevertheless, the 

 performance comes as a great surprise to the dairy world. Segis 

 Fayne Johanna (114,658) has produced 40.544 pounds of fat from 



