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Herd TeUiny, 



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fat. Her previous records were — 452 lbs. in 1916, 482 lbs. in 1915, and 

 492 lbs. in 1914. 



It is pleasing to observe that a new entrant for standard honours 

 haa been able to take such a position as is occupied by Mr. Thomas 

 Mesley's Jersey " Bright Princess," which occupies seventh position 

 amongst the aged cows with a record of 8,337 lbs. of milk and 

 457.7 lbs. of butter fat. There is no doubt we shall hear more of this 

 breeder on future occasions. 



The contention that satisfactory yields cannot be obtained, except 

 on rich pastures, is discounted by the appearance amongst the leading 

 20 in a field of 145 aged cows of the names of " Arcadia," 441 lbs. of fat 



Peeress III. Owner: Mr. A. W. Jones. 



and " Princess of Springhurst," 414 lbs. of fat. The first-named animal 

 is the property of Mr. C. G. Knight, of Cobram, while the latter was 

 entered by Mr. J. D. Read, of Springhurst. 



Attention must again be drawn to Mr. C. G. Lyon's cow " Noreen," 

 now 17 years old, which appears fourteenth in order of merit, with 

 427 lbs. of fat, following a yield of 473 lbs. last year, 471 the previous, 

 and 523 lbs. in 1914. 



Of the second-calf cows under four years of age, the list is headed 

 by Mr. Woodmason's " Lassie Fowler IV. of Melrose." By yielding 

 7,843 lbs. of milk and 425i lbs. of fat, she has fulfilled her promise 

 as a heifer when, being seventh in the class, she yielded 5,977 lbs. of 



