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reason is that when spring comes the former are already able to utilise 

 pastmage to the full for the whole of its duration, while for those born in the 

 spring the period of pasturage coincides largely with the suckling period, 

 and the winter period with that of growth, during which the consumption 

 of forage and concentrates reaches its maximum. 



The quantity of food consumed corresponds to rations capable of pro- 

 \'iding the complete normal gro\\-th of each indi\-idual, and is such that it 

 ma}" be considered that an}' economy made in this respect would have im- 

 peded normal grov\i:h, and that an increase of the ration would probably 

 have given rise to an increase of growth in the animal, but at such a cost 

 that its adoption would not be justified. 



995 - Progress of the Holstein Breed in the United States. — The Breeder's Gazette, voi. 



lyXIX, Xo. 24, p. 1257- Chicago, June 24, 1916. 



The Annual Meeting of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, 

 which was held on the 7th June at Detroit, Mich., was attended by 2 683 

 out of the total number of 8 885 members of this association. During 

 the last financial year there has been an addition of I 260 life members. 



The Herd-Book of the Holstein-Friesian Society of America already 

 dates back 45 years and records the presence in the United States of more 

 than 300 000 pure-blooded Holstein-Friesian animals distributed among 

 30 000 owners. A new census of them will be carried out during the next 

 year. 



During the last working 3'ear 72 665 animals were entered in the Herd- 

 Book, and the registration of 68 766 transcriptions owing to change of 

 ow'uership was made. 



In the Advanced Registry there appears as tested during the last asso- 

 ciation year 12 882 cows producing an average of 408 lbs. of milk and 

 14.40 lbs of butter fat in 7 days, with a maximum of 35.53 lbs of fat for 

 Ormsby Jane Segis Aggie, and of 1205.09 lbs. of fat in one year for Duchess 

 Skjdark Ormsby (world's record). 



The minimum individual production henceforward required for the 

 championship is as follows : for mature cows, 44.42 lbs butter in 7 days and 

 I 506 lbs in a year; for two-year-old cows, 31.4 lbs in 7 days and i 200 lbs 

 per year. 



The meeting adopted resolutions in favour of the association providing 

 for the creation of a body of inspectors under its control, instead of relying 

 upon those of the State Colleges and experiment Stations. 



The distribution of prize money absorbed a sum of more than §15 000 ; 

 advertising expenses exceeded $ 25 000. 



Furthermore, the meeting a])proved a resolution in reference to the 

 introduction in the Herd-Book of the 305 days' test, according to the rules 

 in force for the 365 day's test, but independently of this latter. This period 

 was sufficient to test the continuance in milk, aiid the ad\'antage was thus 

 secured of making annual calving possible even in animals subjected every 

 year to a production test. 



The annual meeting will in the future be held alternately east and west 

 of the i8th degree of longitude, and in 1917 at Worcester. 



