DAIKY COWS. 



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ENGLISH STANDARDS FOR ANNUAL YIELD OF 

 MILK OF THE VARIOUS BREEDS. 



The stanc^ards proposed for the respective breeds by the 

 British Dairy Farmers' Association for entry in the " Dairy 

 Cattle Register" are as under: 



Weight of Milk in Pure Butter Fat per 



the Milking Period Day (average of two 



(not exceeding n tests as determined 

 Pedigree and Non-Pedigree. months). by analysis), 



lbs. lbs. 



Short-horn 8500 1.25 



Jersey 6000 1.25 



Guernsey 6000 1.25 



Ayrshire 7500 i.oo 



Red Polled 7000 i.oo 



Kerry and Dexter Kerry.. 4500 0.75 



Dutch (Holstein) 8500 i.oo 



The standard for crosses of either of the above will be 

 the mean of the standards for the pure breeds. No animal 

 is admitted whose milk contains less than 12 per cent of 

 solids at any test. (McConnell.) 



AVERAGE YIELDS AND COMPOSITION OF MILK 

 OF DIFFERENT BREEDS. (Hucho.) 



