A DUAL-PURPOSE BREED. 829 



Test number three was for butter production only and ex- 

 tended thirty days, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 27. In this contest the Jer- 

 sey herd was credited with 837.21 Ibs. butter from 13,921.9 Ibs. milk, 

 at a net profit of $274.34. The Guernseys produced 724.17 Ibs. but- 

 ter from 13,518.4 Ibs. milk at a net profit of $237, and the Short- 

 horns produced 662.66 Ibs. butter from 15,618.3 Ibs. milk, at a net 

 profit of $119.13. In this test the best Jersey cow, Brown Bessie, 

 produced 1,134.6 Ibs. milk from which was made 72.32 Ibs. butter, 

 and gained seven pounds live weight, showing a net profit of 

 $24.69. The best Guernsey cow, Purity, produced 1,012.2 Ibs. milk 

 from which was made 54.8 Ibs. butter, and gained fourteen pounds 

 live weight, showing a net profit of $19.37. The best Short-horn 

 cow, Kittie Clay 4th, produced 1,592.8 Ibs. milk, from which was 

 made 62.24 Ibs. butter, and gained twenty-eight pounds in weight, 

 showing a net profit of $19.57.* 



* One of the cows died early in the test, so that but twenty- four head 

 were really available. The list (arranged in the order in which they 

 ranked at the conclusion of the ninety-day butter test) was as follows : 



Nora (Vol. 39), bred by D. Sheehan & Sons, Iowa. 



Gene vie ve (Vol. 36, p. 860), bred by W. W. Waltmire, Kansas. 



Waterloo Daisy (Dominion Herd Book), bred by D. Reed, Ontario. 



Betsy 7th (Vol. 35, p. 925), bred by S. Spencer & Son, New York. 



Bashful 2d (Vol. 35, p. 380), bred by William Duthie, Scotland. 



Plumwood Bell 2d (Vol. 32, p. 641), bred by C. Hintz, Ohio. 



Fair Maid of Hullett 2d (Vol. 39), bred by William Grainger, Ontario. 



Emma Abbott 3d (Vol. 39), bred by I. U. Wetmore, Illinois. 



Belle Prince 2d (Vol. 30, p. 492), bred by C. M. Clark, Wisconsin. 



Rosa (Vol. 36, p. 714), bred by J. W. Stewart, Pennsylvania. 



Azalia (Vol. 37, p. 741), bred by A. Morse, New York. 



Lady Bright (Dominion Herd Book), bred by J. G. Wright, Ontario. 



Kitty Clay 7th (Vol. 38, p. 671), bred by Joseph Garfield, New York. 



Marchioness 6th (Dominion Herd Book), bred by Ballantine & Son, 

 Ontario. 



Lucy Ann (Vol. 35, p. 925), bred by H. H. Jones, New York. 



Maude's Antarctic (Vol. 30, p. 793), bred by W. W. Brim, Ohio. 



Maid of Oxford 3d (Vol. 32, p. 790), bred by A. Morse. 



Iza (Vol. 34, p. 780), bred by A. Morse. 



Fancy llth (Vol. 39), bred by J. C. Thornton & Son, Pennsylvania. 



Royal Duchess (Dominion Herd Book), bred by D. Marlatt, Ontario. 



Orange Girl (Vol. 37, p. 713), bred by E. B. Merri wether & Son, Illinois. 



Butterfly 3d, (Vol. 30, p. 497), bred by Hon. Emory Cobb, Illinois. 



Maid of Oxford 2d (Vol. 31, p. 812), bred by A. Morse. 



Fillpail9th (Vol. 37, p. 872), bred by S. Spencer & Son. 



In the thirty-day butter test the privilege of bringing in othe* 1 cows 

 was granted, and Kitty Clays 3d and 4th, from the herd of Mr. J. K. Innes 

 Granville Center, Pa., materially strengthened the Short-horn forces 

 From the Spencer herd came Kitty Clay 6th, so that this family had more 

 representatives in the test than any other 



