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lbs. fat, 317 lbs. butter and 4.3% fat. Of five in the three-year- 

 old form, Langdyke Sally 2nd, owned by Geo. H. Mcl^'adden, is 

 second, with 12,925 lbs. milk, 457.14 lbs. fat, 533 lbs. butter and 

 3.547c fat. In the four-year-old form there are eight cows, the 

 leader being Mabel of Sand Hill, owned by S. S. Karr & Son, 

 with 13,362 lbs. milk, 492.42 lbs. fat, 575 lbs. butter and 3.69% 

 fat. The mature form contains six names, the best being Col- 

 lege Maud, Kansas Agricultural College, owner, with \?),717 lbs. 

 milk, DC)i2^) lbs. fat, 622 lbs. butter and 3.88'7c fat. These are 

 the averages: Two-year-old form, 8717 lbs. milk, 353.06 lbs. 

 fat, 412 lbs. butter and 4.05% fat; three-year-old form, 10,079 

 lbs. milk, 381.26 lbs. fat, 445 lbs. butter and 3.78%; fat; four-year- 

 old form, 10,560 lbs. milk, 424.10 lbs. fat, 495 lbs. butter and 

 4.02% fat; mature form, 10,977 lbs. milk, 420.62 lbs. fat, 491 lbs. 

 butter and 3.83% fat; the whole, cows and heifers, 9888 lbs. 

 milk, 390.22 lbs. fat, 455 lbs. butter and 3.95% fat. The leaflet 

 says : "We are pleased to find that our claim that there are 

 many great milkers in many of the Ayreshire herds is more and 

 more proving true, as new herds are submitted to advanced 

 registry tests. We believe that the Ayreshire breed will show 

 a larger percent of profitable dairy cows than any of the other 

 dairy breeds, and will show a higher average production, at less 

 cost for food consumed." 



The following cheerful statement of the rubber situation is 

 from Tropical Life for September: 



"The position disclosed by Hecht's Annual Statistics is a most 

 satisfactory one. For the twelve months ended June 30, 1912, 

 the world's production of rubber is given as 93,669 tons, as com- 

 pared with 79,302 tons in the previous year. The total consump- 

 tion, on the other hand, is returned at 99,564 tons, as against 

 74,082, an increase of 25,482 tons. The world's stocks of rubber 

 on July 1 are put at 10,181 tons, as against 12,563 tons on the 

 same date in 1911. The considerable expansion in consumption 

 for 1911-12 is attributed largely to the lower level of prices pre- 

 vailing during the year, lliis is, of course, a very healthy state 

 of things, and people interested in rubber planting can hardly 

 wish for anything more beneficial in the long run than the main- 

 tenance of the present steady prices for the raw material. With 

 rubber at or below 5s. per lb., such an expansion of demand may 

 be looked for as will completely absorb all increased supplies, 

 and establish the planting industry upon a thoroughly sound 

 basis, while enabling well-managed estates to pay quite remark- 

 able dividends. It is interesting to note that (according to fig- 

 ures given by Messrs. Gow, Wilson and Stanton ) for the first 

 seven months of the current year the average price of i)lantation 

 rfibber is a fraction over 4s. lid. i)cr lb. comi)ared with just over 

 5s. 3d. per lb. for the .same period last year, that is to say. only 

 4(1. per lb. less. This, in face of the increased yields, is good." 



