S14 



DAIRYING. 



AVERAGE PERCENTAGE COMPOSITIOX OF 31ILK 

 FROM DIFFERENT BREEDS. (Konig.) 



in — 



Name of Breed. 



Steyer (Austrian) 



Simmenthal (Swiss) . . . 

 Tillerthal (Tyrolean).. 

 Vorarlberg (Austrian). 



Algau (Bavarian) 



Bohemian 



Holstein 



Oldenburg (German). . 



Angler (Danish) 



Short-horn 



Devon 



Ayrshire 



Jersey 



Guernsey 



French 



Scandinavian 



86.90 

 87 26 

 87.43 



CIS 



4.17 



3-79 

 3 70 

 3-54 

 3.20 

 5 06 

 325 

 3.38 

 3.12 

 3-47 

 4-44 

 3-58 

 4-32 

 5" 

 3-9° 

 3-51 



324 

 2.64 



3 07 

 2.91 

 3.22 

 3-67 

 3-99 

 3.1Q 



3.21 



3-42 

 3-34 

 398 

 3-07 

 2.76 



5-43 



5-43 

 5 70 

 4.38 

 5.06 

 4-97 



(?) 



12.74 8 

 12.578 

 12.62 



12. T2 



I4.CXD 

 11.96 

 12.05 

 11.85 

 12.80 



13 43 



1307 



14. 10 



14.6 



12.80 



12.00 



METHODS OF JUDGING THE VALUE OF DAIRY 

 COWS. 



The British Dairy Partners' Association, which has con- 

 ducted tests of dairy cows at their annual fair for the last 

 twenty years, has during late years scored the dairy cows 

 competing for premiums according to the following scale : 



I point for each pound of milk; 

 20 points for each pound of fat; 



4 points for each pound of solids not fat. ] 



I point for each ten days in milk after the first twenty 

 days (limit 200 days). 

 10 points are deducted from the total score for each 

 per cent, of fat below three per cent in the milk. 



The cows entered in the test are separated into four 

 classes, according to the breed, each class being divided 

 into two divisions, cows and heifers. The classes are 

 Shorthorns, Jerseys, Guernseys, and cross-breeds. 



Other associations abroad or in this country have not 

 generally followed any definite plan from year to year in 

 awarding premiums to dairy cows at fairs, the awards having 



