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Professor Drummond of Ottawa, Canaila, sa\ s that the average 

 iiniount of butter produced per cow per annum is 115 lbs. In 1892 the 

 cows in Denmark averaged about the same amount. Then testing asso- 

 ciations were started and two associations tested 300 cows. Xow there 

 aie 367 associations ami the number of cows tested is 142.447 or 13 per 

 Cent, of the cows in the co-untry. When these associations were started Den- 

 mark exported to Britain ;^3, 800,000 worth of butter and in eight vears 

 the ^-alue had increased tO' ^5,800,000 from about the same number of 

 cows. The cost of making the tests was from is. 8d. to 2s. 6(1. per 

 cow. The Government of Denmark pro\ided the sum of ^6,400 a vear 

 for ten years and the expenditure of this ^64,000 was the means of in- 

 creasing the annual returns bv ^2,000,000. 



"NELLIE."" (Xo. 1,022.) 

 Averaged 636 gals, milk and 306 lbs. butter for five years. 



Below are given the requirements for admission to the advanced register 

 of the American Cattle Clubs, together with the rules adopted by the 

 Wisconsin Experiment Station in connexion with testing cows ; these should 

 l)e useful as a guide to the dair\ cattle societies in this country. 



Amkkicax Cuernsey Cattle Club. 



Seven days' record. — Two years old, 10 lbs. The increase per day required is 

 .00456 lbs. fat [)er day up to five years or over when the amount is 15 lbs. fat for 

 seven days. 



Yearly record. — Two years old or under at beginning of the record, 250.1; lbs. 

 butter fat and an increase of i-ioth lb. per day for older cows to five years and 

 over, when a cow has to produce 360 lbs. fat to be eligible for entry in the record. 



American Jersey Cattle Ci.cn. 



Seven days' return. — 12 lbs. of butter fat. 



Yearly record. — 30 months old or under at commencement of test, 260 lbs. buttet 

 fat ; 2^ to 4 years, 300 lbs. ; 4 to 5 years, 350 lbs. ; 5 years and over, 400 lbs. 



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