826 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



923), in the two-day test, made 3.29 Ibs. Isa (Vol. XXXIV, page 

 780), in the two-day test, gave 3.05 Ibs. 



Nebraska State Fair in 1891, Lady Jane Constance (Vol. XXXI, 

 page 747), in the two-day test, made 2.06 Ibs. Maggie Gunter 

 (Vol. XXXII, page 508), made 2,04 Ibs. 



Ohio State Fair in 1891, Bracelet llth (Vol. XXVII, page 585), 

 in two days gave 3.21 Ibs. butter. 



Western Pennsylvania Agricultural Association in 1891, Ver- 

 vain (Vol. XXXIV, page 825), in the two-day test, made 4.2 Ibs. 

 Dolly 2d (Vol. XXXIV, page 618), in the two-day test, gave 

 3.857 Ibs. 



At the Western Fair at Ontario in 1891, Matilda H. (Vol. 

 XXXVII), in the two-day test, made 2.131 Ibs. 



Wisconsin State Fair in 1891, Lady Campbell (Vol. XXV, page 

 841), in the two-day test, gave 2.4. 



The Columbian records. In connection with 

 the live-stock exhibit at the World's Columbian 

 Exposition in Chicago in 1893 the most elabor- 

 ate official test of the relative capacities of 

 dairy cows of which there is record was held. 

 It goes without saying that show-yard sur- 

 roundings are not conducive to the best results 

 in performances of this kind. The most that 

 can be said for such contests is that they are 

 as fair for one breed as another. The Colum- 

 bian test covered milk and butter production 

 as well as cheese-making, and extended over 

 the period from May 11 to Oct. 4, the cows 

 being subject to close confinement in tem- 

 porary accommodations and endured the mid- 

 summer heat. The American Jersey Cattle 

 Club appropriated the sum of $40,000 for the 

 purpose of making the strongest possible pre- 

 sentation of the claims of that famous Channel 



