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six periods of lactation, milked on 1,850 days, and gave 5,335 gallons of 

 milk, 2.390 lbs. butter, at lod. = ;^99 us. 8d. or over ^16 per year. 

 Her dailv averages were: milk, 2.88 gallons; test, 4.08; butter, 1.29 lb. 

 No. 193 in six periods of lactation milked 1,955 days. and. gave 2,242 lbs., 

 just over a ton of butter at lod. = -/C93 8s. 4d. — a daily average of 

 1.14 lb. What would bulls from such cows be worth? They are what 

 we want at the present time for the general impro\ement of our herds, 

 nnd to put money into the dairymen's pockets. If our breeders of pure 

 stock, whether Jerseys, Ayrshires, Shorthorns, or any other dairy breed, 

 would only adopt a similar system, there would be unlimited sale for 

 \earling bulls at 30 to 50 guineas. The trouble is that few of our breeders 

 keep records of their cows, and dairymen have to take the risk as to 

 whether thev get a bull that is going to improve their average returns or 

 not. Until we menel our ways we cannot hope tO' approach the returns 

 of Denmark, Holland, and those other countries which have already got 

 the lead of us h\ ten vears. 



In two years gave 360 gals, milk and 163 lbs. butter, and 480 gals, milk and 

 271 lbs. butter respectively. 



The cattle under review have never been pampered in anv way and 

 were in rough winter condition when the illustrations were obtained. They 

 also looked their worst as the photographs were taken on a verv cold stormy 

 morning. The group of six cows which appears on page '348 includes 

 " Stella," " Nellie," and " Corkscrew," whose returns are given under 

 the illustrations of those particular members of the herd. The other cows 

 in the group are " Star," '■' Pansy," and " Flo," whose respective returns 

 are as follow: — "Star" (No. 1302), in milk, 3 years; yearlv average, 

 661 gallons milk and 297 lbs. butter. " Pansy " (No. 456), in milk, 6 

 }ears; yearly average 695 gallons milk and 338 lbs. butter (at lod. per lb. 

 = £'^A)- "Flo" (No. 981) gave 304 and 32 r lbs. l)utter respectively 

 during the oast two vears. 



