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The next group of cows was composed of four grade Holsteins. These 

 cows were brought in to show the ditferent types of high and, low produc- 

 ing cows. The first cow of this group was a fine, large, straight-topped, 

 capacious cow, showing a good mammary system with a well-developed 

 udder and long large milk veins. Her record at five years of age was 288 

 pounds of butter fat. Next to her stood a three-year-old heifer, rather 

 scrawny in appearance, very droopy at the rump and shallow of body. Her 

 mammary system was very poorly developed, she having a bottle-shaped 

 ud.der, naturally one-sided, and seriously cut up. Her record, however, was 

 222 pounds of butter fat at three years of age, and according to the rules 

 for computing the probable mature production of a heifer, this cow will 

 make as heavy a producer as the first cow in this group. 



The next cow was a large, strong, straight-topped individual showing a 

 capacious body with a wonderful spring of rib. She was, however, perhaps 

 a little beefy in conformation, and she did not have a very large udder, 

 although as large as that of the cow previously described, and rather better 

 in shape. Her record, at four years of age was only 199 pounds of butterfat. 

 She was the type of cow that many men would select as a good farm dairy 

 cow. Next to this stood a cow, large like the one just described, but seri- 

 ously droopy in the rump, and because of that she presented a rather ugly 

 appearance. She, however, made a record of 210 pounds of butter fat at 

 three years of age. Over this group of cows hung the slogan, "Milk Scales 

 and Babcock Tester Are the Impartial Judges." 



A great many people visited the exhibit this year, and many people came 

 there who had been there in previous years and who had, learned to look 

 for this exhibit. 



While not so many as last year were addressed by the men explaining 

 the exhibit, it is estimated that 4.625 people visited the exhibit this year. 



