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official records. In the breed-tests conducted by the ex- 

 periment stations in Maine, New Jersey, and New York 

 (Geneva), the Jerseys have ranked among the first, but 

 have seldom been the foremost. As the average of all tests 

 of dairy breeds up to date, we notice that the Jerseys rank 

 after the Shorthorns and the Guernseys in total yield of 

 fat during a full period of lactation, and after Guernseys in 

 the cost of producing one pound of fat; they rank first as to 

 richness of milk produced. In the English milking trials 

 conducted by the British Dairy Farmers' Association, the 

 Shorthorn cows have generally led the Jerseys in the 

 total quantities of fat produced per day, and other breeds 

 have also, on the average, given better results than these. 

 The Jerseys came out victorious in the breed-tests con- 

 ducted at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893; they 

 produced more milk, butter-fat, butter, "and cheese, and 

 gave a higher net gain than either of the two other breeds 

 competing (Guernsey and Shorthorn); the Guernseys, on 

 the other hand, led as regards the cost of the food con- 

 sumed. Also in the Dairy Cow Demonstration at the La. Pur- 

 chase Exposition in St. Louis, in 1904, the Jersey cows produced 

 more butter-fat, on the average, than either of the other com- 

 peting breeds, and at a lower feed cost per pound (see p. 239). 

 The champion Jersey cow in this demonstiation, Loretta D., 

 produced in 120 days 5802.7 lbs. milk; average per cent of fat, 

 4.82; 280.16 lbs. butter- fat, equivalent to 330 lbs. of butter, 

 and an average daily production of 2.334 lbs. butter- fat. 



The American Jersey Cattle Club was organized in July, 1868; 

 the Herd Register of the club, the first volume of which was 

 published in 1871, has been issued in seventy-two volumes up 

 to date, including in all 92,000 bulls and 244,000 cows. Register 

 of Merit of Jersey Cattle gives records of all Jersey cows and 

 bulls entered in the Register of Merit, which was established 

 by the club in 1903; the latest volume published is Vol. Ill, 

 containing entries to Nov. 10, 1913. 



• The present Secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Club 

 is R. M. Gow, No. 324 W. 23d St., New York City. 



