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CATTLE SHORTHORNS 



Crystal Bates " gave 6626 Ibs. of milk, in one day 44 Ibs. ; 

 "Beryl" gave, after her third calf, from April 19, 1905 

 to April 24, 1906, IOI43J Ibs. of milk, in one day 

 57 Ibs.; "Oxford Ada" gave, after her third calf, from 

 May 24, 1905 to April 21, 1906, 7442 Ibs. of milk, in one 

 day 62 Ibs. 



The following heifers after their first calf gave : 

 " Princess Pippin," 4626 Ibs. of milk, in one day 25 Ibs. ; 

 "Lady Coquette," 5711 Ibs. of milk, in one day 22 Ibs.; 

 " Lady Lucy," 5085 Ibs. of milk, in one day 26 Ibs. ; " Priceless 

 Princess," from January II, 1905 to February 21, 1906, 

 8505^ Ibs. of milk, in one day 33 Ibs. ; " Countess Babraham," 

 5602 Ibs. of milk, in one day 30 Ibs. 



(4) The herd of C. A. Scott Murray, Hambleden, Bucks, 

 gave the following average yield of milk for four years : 



The best cow in the herd is " Maplewell Daisy 2nd," 

 bought at Chester's sale in 1898, after having had two 

 calves. Her record is as follows : 



* Her record for 1905-6, up till August nth, was 10,332 Ibs. 



(5) The Tring Park Herd of Lord Rothschild (Richard- 

 son Carr, agent) was started in 1899 by "buying the best 

 pedigree Shorthorns that could be found,' 1 judging by 

 dairying appearances. The record of one year is here given 

 in the same order as published in the Live Stock Journal of 

 September 26, 1903, but numbers have been substituted for 

 the names of the cows : 



