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Island butter breed. {lundreds of carefully- 

 conducted tests of cows of that type had been 

 previously reported, so that it was compara- 

 tively easy to select cows of known capacity 

 to represent that popular breed upon this occa- 

 sion. The American Guernsey Cattle Club 

 also made provision for a choice collection of 

 tested cows. The Holstein-Friesian breeders 

 expressed dissatisfaction with some of the pro- 

 visions under which the tests were to be con- 

 ducted and declined to enter. The American 

 Short-horn Breeders' Association, with com- 

 mendable enterprise, resolved to take advan- 

 tage of the occasion to prove that the "red, 

 white and roans " would milk as well as make 

 beef, and the task of locating and collect- 

 ing cows for that purpose was entrusted to 

 Hon. H. H. Hinds of Stanton, Mich. In 

 spite of the fact that insufficient data was at 

 hand for the prompt prosecution of the work, 

 Mr. Hinds succeeded in obtaining the requisite 

 twenty-five head, and it was largely due to his 

 efficient and unremitting efforts that such a 

 satisfactory showing was made for the Short- 

 horns in the face of the strongest opposition 

 from the special dairy breeds mentioned. 

 Bearing in mind the fact that the Short-horns 

 have been bred for beef to a far greater extent 

 than in the direction of dairy performance, the 

 comparisons shown by the subjoined summary 



