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For breeders of Holstein-Frie?ian cattle. 

 Records of 866 cows for 7 days. 

 Records of 54 cows for 14 days. 

 Records of 8 cows for 21 days. 

 Records of 63 cows for 30 days. 

 Records of 2 cows for 60 days. 

 Records of i cow for 182^ days. 



These cows were owned l)y about ico different individuals and 

 firms, nearly all of which were in the State of New York. 



For breeders of Jersey cattle. 

 Records of 3 cows for 7 days. 

 Periodical supervision of 5 cows once each month for 2 days at 



a time. 



These cows belonged to 3 different breeders. 



For breeders of Brown Swiss cattle. 

 Records of i cow for 7 days. 

 Records of i cow for 30 days. 

 Periodical supervision of 2 cows once each month for i day at a 



time. 



These cows belonged to one breeder. 



For breeders of Guernsey cattle. 



Periodical supervision of 64 cows once each month for i day at 

 a time. 

 These cows belonged to 12 different breeders. 



For breeders of Ayrshire cattle. 

 Records of 2 cows for 7 days. 



These cows belonged to one breeder. 



The expense of this work is largely borne by the breeders, they 

 paying- all traveling expenses and per diem of the representatives of 

 the College. During the past year the constant services of about a 

 dozen men were required, except during the months of July and 

 August, while at the height of the season, in the late winter and 

 early spring, as many as twenty-five men were employed. The 

 supervision of these men in the field and the checking of their reports 

 entails considerable work tijjon the office force of the Department. 

 The College also furnishes the necessary equipment, which, where 

 so many men are employed, is considerable. But the usefulness of 

 the work in stimulating greater interest in selecting, breeding and 

 developing cattle, and its appreciation by the breeders during the 

 past twelve years, leads us to believe that it is probably as useful a 

 form of extension work as could demand our attention and activities, 



