830 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Test number four was for heifers under three years old for 

 butter making, loss and gain of weight and cost of maintenance 

 considered, extending from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4. In this the Guern- 

 seys did not compete. The seven Jersey heifers gave 3,356.6 Ibs. 

 milk, producing 194.22 Ibs. butter at a net profit of $56.27, gaining 

 150 Ibs. live weight. The six Short-horn heifers gave 2,581 Ibs. 

 milk; producing 122.36 Ibs. butter, at a net profit of $47.42; gain- 

 ing 384 Ibs. live weight. In this test the best Jersey heifer made 

 37.48 Ibs. butter and gained 19 Ibs. in weight, showing a net profit 

 of $11.22. The Short-horn heifer, Miss Renick 24th, produced 

 26.85 Ibs. butter, gained in live weight 78 Ibs. (nearly 4 Ibs. per 

 day), at a net profit of $10.97. 



In tests where gain in live weight was credited the price per 

 pound was made uniform in each case, although it need scarcely 

 be pointed out that the Short-horn beef represented by this gain 

 would have commanded more per pound in the market than that of 

 their competitors. It is of interest to note that in tests numbers 

 two, three and four the three best Short-horn cows, Nora, Kittie 

 Clay 4th and Miss Renick 24th, produced 5,861 Ibs. of milk, against 

 5,330 Ibs. of milk from the best three Jerseys in same tests. 



The Wiscontn experiment, The Wiscon- 

 sin Agricultural Experiment Station has un- 

 dertaken a study of the relative capacity of 

 cows representing the special dairy type and 

 those of the dual-purpose character. The Hon. 

 W. D. Hoard, H. C. Taylor and C. P. Goodrich, 

 than whom there are probably no better judges 

 of special dairy stock, each selected a grade 

 Jersey for this test. Six grade Short-horns, a 

 like number of grade Guernseys and three more 

 grade Jerseys were bought by Prof. W. L. Car- 

 lyle, whose object in making the test is set 

 forth in the following language: 



It has been generally admitted by those with experience on 

 the subject that under present conditions it will never be profit- 

 able for the farmers of Wisconsin to engage to any great extent in 

 rearing a class of "beefing" cattle, the cows of which give only 



