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JouT7ial of Agriculture, Victoria. [11 Sept.^ 1916. 



to 523.34 lbs. of butter fat. This cow in the previous year was sixth 

 in order of merit amongst all breeds, but first amongst the Jerseys, giving 

 a slightly higher yield of butter fat on that occasion, 532 lbs. from a 

 smaller yield of milk, viz., 7,924 lbs. A full sister " Jessie IX." 

 comes nineteenth in order of merit, with 418 lbs. butter fat, showing 

 that the strain is good. In gaining this position, and provided she 

 calves again within fifteen months of last calving, Mr. Woodmason wins 

 the iVnnual Champion Prize offered by the Department for the cow 

 giving the greatest yield of butter fat during the year. 



Second in order of merit and winner of the Annual Reserve Champion 

 Prize comes Mr. A. W. Jones, Avith " Lady Grey V.", having a record of 

 9.615 lbs. of milk and 491.5 lbs. of butter fat. This cow has been a 

 persistent performer, giving 305 lbs. butter fat as a heifer when she was 



Dainty 6tli. 

 Lbs. of Milk. 



Owner, Mr. Trevor Harvey. 



1916 



5,306 



Test. 



5- 66 



Butter 



Fat (lbs.) 



300* 33 



Standard 

 (lbs.) 



17.5 



:Milk Last 

 Day (lbs.) 



19i 



Days in Milk. 



sixth in her class, 466.9 lbs. on her second calf when she was third in 

 her class, and now moves up to second place in the 250-lb. class. Her 

 full sister, '' Lady Grey I.", as is shown later, is first in the heifer class. 

 " Birdseye," one of the red polls on the Werribee Research Farm, is 

 third. This cow was sixth in the 200-lb. class in 1914, with 341 lbs. of 

 fat, 22nd in 1915 in the 250-lb. class, and now third with 485.9 lbs. of 

 butter fat. 



Two cows that call for more than passing notice are Mr. C. G. 

 Lyon's 16-year-old cow '^ ISToreen," who, with a return of 473 lbs. of fat, 

 gained sixth place in the list; she was fifteenth last year, and third the 

 year before, showing remarkable returns; and Mr. W. Woodmason's 

 " Jessie's Progress," which, with a return of 464 lbs. of butter fat, is 

 seventh in order of merit at the good old age of nineteen years. Only 

 one daughter and one granddaughter of this old cow are in the test in 



