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day's record: — Tulip, 43 lbs., 4.2 per cent, test, equals 1.8 lb. fat. 

 Diamond, 29 lbs., 4.8 per cent, test, equals 1.39 lb. fat. Barrios, 35 lbs., 

 5.1 per cent, test, equals 1.78 lb. fat. Pearl, 42 lbs., 4.4 per cent, test, 

 equals 1.84 lb. fat. Ruby (first calf heifer), 30 lbs. milk, 5.1 per cent, 

 test, equals 1.53 lb. fat. The highest daily yield of milk from each 

 cow was respectively, 65 lbs., 43 lbs., 45 lbs., 50 lbs., 34 lb.s. Mr. "Wauliss 



Pearl." 



" Moonstone." 



is keeping individual records during the present year, and when these 

 particulars were obtained two heifers on first oalf were giving the fol- 

 lowing results: — Emerald (under two years old), 31 lbs. milk, 6 pei* 

 cent, test, equals 1.86 lb. fat; Topaz, 45 lbs., 4.3 per cent, test, equals 

 1.93, or nearly 2 lbs. a day. Although these cows have been carefully 

 bred to produce heavy yields, their owner attributes the good returns 

 mainly to careful management and feeding. Great attention is paid to 

 regularity in milking, careful milking, and tkorouigh stri})ping. 



