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THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



349. Uses of French-Canadian cattle. The French- 

 Canadian is a strictly dairy breed. As yet, milk and butter 

 records for the breed are not very numerous. Generally 

 speaking, in quantity and quality of milk they resemble 

 the Jersey. At the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 

 Ontario, in 1903, a French-Canadian cow made more 

 butter and gave a larger profit than any other pure-bred 

 cow in the herd, including Ayrshires, Guernseys and 



Shorthorns. In 1904, 

 in the same herd, 

 three French-Cana- 

 dian cattle made more 

 butter and gave a 

 larger profit than the 

 three best cows of any 

 other breed, including 

 Ayrshires, Guernseys 

 and Shorthorns. The 

 yearly product per cow 



of these three cows was 8340 pounds of milk, testing 4.52 

 per cent, or 442.64 pounds of butter. The total yearly 

 profit per cow above cost of feed was $56.24. In the 

 Pan-American test, the five French-Canadian cows stood 

 sixth in total profits from butter and gain in weight, but in 

 percentage of profit on value of food, they led all breeds. 

 A record of performance has been established in connec- 

 tion with the breed, the first cow to qualify under the 

 rules producing, in eleven months, 7488 pounds of milk, 

 and 332.8 pounds of butter-fat. It will be seen, therefore, 

 that the French-Canadian cow possesses dairy qualities 

 of no mean character. 



The use of the French-Canadian bulls on native cows 

 should be especially appropriate in the Northeast, where 



FIG. 56. French-Canadian cow. 



