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[10 Sept., 1917 



milk and 340 lbs. of fat. Another of Mr. Woodmason's cows, "Graceful 

 Duchess XI. of Melrose," by the same bull (" Pretty Noble "), occupies 

 second place with 412 lbs. of fat. These attainments and the places 

 occupied by other members of the herd give point to my remarks of last 

 year regarding the transmission of milking qualities by " Pretty Noble." 



Mr. Jones' cow " Lady Grey I.," which was first amongst the 

 heifers last year, is maintaining her reputation, by appearing third 

 in this class, with 5,970 lbs. of milk and 408.6 lbs. of fat, an improve- 

 ment over last year, when her yield was 5,255 lbs. of milk and 347.3 lbs. 

 of fat. Her average test this year is the highest recorded amongst all 

 classes, being 6.85. 



Mr. C. G. Lyon has a promising cow in " Molly IV. of Banyule." 

 Her position of fifth on the list would indicate that the high standard 

 of the " Banyule " herd will not suffer by her inclusion — her yield of 



Ettie IV. Owner: Mr. C. Gordon Lyon. 



Year. 



1915 



1916 



Lbs. Milk. 

 8 743 

 8.9335 



Test. 

 4-56 

 4-45 



Butter Fat. 

 398-80 lbs. 

 39? -65 „ 



Standard. 

 250 lbs. 



Milk last day. 

 25 lbs. 

 18 „ 



Days in test. 

 273 

 273 



392 lbs. of butter fat, following 302 on her first calf, being highly 

 creditable, and indicating that in her the qualities of her dam, which 

 has a record up to 421 lbs. of fat in 1916, have not deteriorated. 



Next in order of merit is " Lady Marge IV." — a member of Mr. 

 Trevor Harvey's herd, which thougli of comparatively recent establish- 

 ment, contains a large proportion of good producers. 



In the heifer class, Mr. Woodmason secures the first four positions 

 with heifers sired by " Pretty Noble," giving a yield of 347, 343, 340, 

 and 328.7 lbs. of fat respectively; while Mr. J. D. Eead, with " Cobea " 

 328.3 lbs., and "Trefoil" 326 lbs., is not far behind with fifth and 

 sixth places. "With such young stock coming forward, there is not 

 likely to be any recession from the highly satisfactory standard to which 

 Mr. Read has raised his herd. 



