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contented will she respond with continued production of the maximum 

 amount of milk of which she is capable. 



677. Records of champion cows. The following summary of the records 

 of production and feed for champion cows of the leading dairy breeds is 

 interesting in showing how such great cows have been fed while on test : 



Bella Pontiac, 14 a 5-year-old pure-bred Holstein established a new 

 world's record of butterfat production for all breeds by producing 1,259.0 

 Ibs. butterfat in the year ending June 18, 1921. She yielded during the 

 year 27,017.0 Ibs. milk, testing 4.66 per ct. butterfat. She was dry about 

 6 weeks before freshening, and after calving was started gradually on a 

 light feed of wheat bran and linseed meal, with green alfalfa for rough- 

 age. As soon as she settled down to work, she was put on a concentrate 

 mixture consisting of 6 parts linseed cake, 2 parts wheat bran, 2 parts 

 crushed oats, 1 part gluten feed, and with a maximum of 12 parts cotton- 

 seed meal. Of this mixture she ate from 30 to 37 Ibs. a day and also had 

 60 to 70 Ibs. of roots, 25 Ibs. silage, and all the alfalfa hay she wanted. 

 Toward the end of the year, the supply of silage was exhausted, so the 

 allowance of roots was increased; also she was tiring of the heavy 

 allowance of cottonseed meal. Therefore, a concentrate mixture rela- 

 tively low in protein was fed, consisting of 2 parts bran, 2 parts crushed 

 oats, 1 part linseed cake, and 1 part cream of wheat. She was fed 

 concentrates before each milking, 4 times a day, and one-quarter pound 

 of salt and a handful of charcoal were added to the concentrates at each 

 feeding. 



Segis Pietertje Prospect, 15 a 6-year-old pure-bred Holstein cow, yielded 

 37,384.1 Ibs. milk, testing 3.09 per ct. and containing 1,156.72 Ibs. 

 butterfat in the year ending December 18, 1920. This made her the 

 champion milk producing cow of the world. She was dry a little over 

 2 months before freshening and during this time was fitted on a con- 

 centrate mixture of equal parts ground oats, bran, hominy feed, and 

 linseed meal, with some salt and charcoal. She was not excessively fat 

 at freshening time. When on test she was fed a concentrate mixture of 

 6 parts of ground oats, 4 of bran, 3 of corn meal, 3 of hominy feed, 3 of 

 linseed meal, 2 of soybean meal, 1 of cottonseed meal, 1 of ground flax 

 seed, and 1 of gluten feed, with 1 Ib. of charcoal added to each 100 Ibs. 

 of concentrates. The allowance of concentrates was gradually increased 

 from 16 Ibs. to a maximum of 26 Ibs. daily. In addition 3 Ibs. of molasses 

 and 3 to 6 Ibs. of dried beet pulp, soaked, were fed a day. For roughage 

 she received 20 to 30 Ibs. of alfalfa hay a day, and 35 to 60 Ibs. of red 

 beets, with green rye grass, oats-and-peas, or sweet corn in addition 

 during the summer. 



Countess Prue, 16 a 7-year-old pure-bred Guernsey cow, produced 

 18,626.9 Ibs. milk, testing 5.92 per ct. and containing 1,103.28 Ibs. butter- 



"Holstein Friesian World, 18, 1921, pp. 2744-5, 2774-6. 

 "Holstein Friesian World, 17, 1920, pp. 6223-4, 6242. 

 18 Guernsey Breeders' Journal, Dec. }, 1920. 



