Milk and Butter Tests at the Shreioshury Show, 1914. 163 



Shorthorn, Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn, 

 South Devon, and British Holstein 



Devon, Longhorn, Red Poll, AjTshire, 

 Jersey, and Guernsey 



Kerry and Dexter ..... 



Cows 5 

 years old 

 and over 



63 points 



58 „ 

 48 „ 



Cows and heifers 

 under 5 years 



57 points 



52 „ 

 42 „ 



The cattle were milked dry on Wednesday evening, July 

 1, at 5.15 p.m., the milk of the next 24 hours being used for 

 these and the Butter Test Trials. Samples of milk for analysis 

 were taken at each milking by Dr. Voelcker. 



Table I. on pp. 160-162 gives the full results of the trials 

 and the prize winners in the various classes. 



Table II. gives, as in previous reports, the average figures of 

 all the cattle tested, which, where the numbers of each breed 

 are not small, compare favourably with previous results, allow- 

 ance being made for the great heat during the first three days 

 of the Show. 



Table II. 



It will be noticed that the low percentage of fat in some of 

 the Holsteins would have disqualified the whole of the class 

 had prizes been given on average figures. 



On the question of poor milk, it is my duty to point out 

 that the number of cattle ruled out on this ground was larger 

 than usual, the average percentage of fat in the two milkings 

 not coming up to the standard of 3 per cent, in the case of 22 

 animals out of a total of 108, while at Norwich only 13 out of 

 112 failed, and 12 out of 94 at Bristol. The particulars will 

 be found on page 167. 



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