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pounds of milk, 298 pounds of butter per head, the cost of feed was $28.00 

 per head and the creamery returns were |57.18 per head. For |1.00 in 

 feed |2.04 in butter was returned and a net profit per head was ren- 

 dered of 129.18. In another herd, consisting of 10 grade Shorthorns, 

 presumably of the beefy type, the cows averaged 3,626 pounds of milk 

 and 152 pounds of butter, the feed cost |30.00 per head and the creamery 

 returns were $28.57 a head. The records showed a loss of $1.43 per head. 



While it does not follow that all beef cattle are unprofitable milk pro- 

 ducers, as they are not, still, we have plenty of evidence to show that 

 when type is taken into consideration the cow of dairy breeding and 

 conformation far surpasses her beefy sister in producing the lacteal 

 fluid. 



If one wishes to know what a good dairy cow yields, there is no diffi- 

 culty in producing interesting evidence showing dairy capacity of cows 

 of different breeds. For that reason I desire to call your attention to 

 what some cows have produced of either milk or butter, bearing on large 

 dairy capacity. Taking a few representatives of the form dairy breeds, 

 the following serve as illustrations : 



LARGE MILK RECORDS. 



Holstein-Friesians, yearly records. — Belle Sarcastic, owned by Michi- 

 gan Agricultural College, 21,075.8 pounds; Aaggie, 18,004 5-16 pounds; 

 Clothilde, 26,0211/8 pounds ; Pieterje 2nd, 30,3181/2 pounds. 



77 cows of this breed up to 1901 have produced from 15,000 to 30,000 

 pounds of milk in from ten months to one year's time. 



Ayrshire, yearly records. — Alice Douglas, 12,617 pounds (oflScial test) ; 

 Rena Myrtle, 12,172 pounds. 



47 cows of this breed show private yearly records of from 9,000 to 

 12,617 pounds of milk a year. 



Jersey, yearly records. — Oneida, 12,734 pounds; Matilda 4th, 16,153 

 pounds; Kathletta's Fancy, 11,784 pounds, 2 ounces; Massena, 9,099 

 pounds, 6 ounces. 



Guernsey, yearly records. — Lilvita, 12,812.73 pounds; Lily Alexandre, 

 12,856 pounds; Lily Ella, 12,282 pounds; Miss Bobolink, 12,437 pounds. 



Up to 1903 sixteen Guernsey cows have records of from 10,000 to 12,856 

 pounds a year. 



There are many high-class milk records for short periods, but the 

 yearly records show the real milking capacity of the cow. 



In this matter of capacity of the dairy cow, it will not be inappropriate 

 to refer to the records of large butter production. The following are 

 some of the records of prominence : 



Holstein Friesian. — Belle Sarcastic, 136.88 pounds butter fat in six 

 weeks; 3.26 pounds daily; 632.78 pounds fat in a year. Pauline Paul, 

 1,153 pounds, 15% ounces butter; Clothilde 2d, 301/2 pounds butter in a 

 week ; Carlotta 2nd, 26 pounds butter in a week ; DeKol 2nd, 33 pounds, 

 6 ounces butter in a Aveek ; DeVries, 30 pounds butter in a week. 



Ayrshire. — Lady Fox, 624 pounds butter in a year; Rose Deross, 572 

 pounds butter in a year; Cad's Beauty, 96.66 pounds butter in 30 days, 

 (an ofiicial record); Rena Myrtle, 546 pounds butter in a year, (official). 



Jersey. — Landseer's Fancy, 936 pounds, 143^ ounces butter in a year; 

 Massena, 902 pounds, 3 ounces butter in a year; Signal's Lily Flagg, 



