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Although the hot weather may have had something to do 

 Avith this, I feel that in many cases the forcing and so injudicious 

 feeding of the cattle is the true cause. 



Having the control of all the m.ilk in the yard enables 

 experiments to be made with the various breeds' milks, and this 

 year in particular, the very poor quality of certain milk and 

 the pale butters obtained from them, pointed in no uncertain 

 way to the fact that the cattle were being fed on foods which 

 increased the quantity to the detriment of the quality of the 

 milk. 



II.— BUTTER TESTS (CLASS 235, A & B). 



As in the Milk-yield Classes the number of entries for these 

 tests was large, but absentees and withdrawals reduced the 

 cattle competing from 79 to 56, which latter figure is two less 

 than the number of cows which were tested in 1913 at Bristol. 



The regulations and points were the same as in previous 

 years, 43 animals competing in Class A, for heavy weights, 

 representing the various dairy breeds, while Class B consisted 

 of 12 Jerseys and 1 Dexter, 



Table III on pp. 164-6 gives the full particulars of the 

 trials, with the prizes, commendations and certificntes of merit 

 awarded. 



Table IV gives the averages of the various breeds tested. 

 Table IV. — Averages of Cattle Tested. 



