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of Alexandre, No. 1059, and Imp. Bretonne, No. 3660. Lily 

 of Alexandre gave 12,8555 pounds of milk in one year ; and 

 two months before calving tested 7.2 per cent of butter-fat. 

 Bretonne gave in the year ending October 20, 1894, ii,2ig 

 pounds of milk. Her milk was tested carefully once a 

 month by taking a composite sample of eight consecutive 

 milkings. The lowest test was 5.2 per cent and highest 

 6.1 per cent butter-fat. Her milk yielded 6o2yVtt pounds 

 of butter-fat, or equivalent to 753i^fy pounds of butter con- 

 taining So oer cent butter-fat. She is a large, well-built 

 ■ ow, and weighed at the close of her year's work 1150 

 pounds. In addition the cow Fantine 2d, No. 3730, owned 

 by Mr. Chas. Solveson of Nashotah, Wis., gave in one year, 

 besides dropping a fine calf and being dry four weeks, 9748 

 pounds of milk, the lowest test being 5 and the highest 

 5.6 per cent butter-fat, which would yield a year's record 

 of 516.6 pounds butter fat or 602 pounds of butter. Mr. 

 Ezra Michener of Carversville, Pa., owns the cow King's 

 Myra, No. 5339, who has just completed the year's test 

 under the direction of the Guernsey Breeders' Association 

 ajid received their first prize. She is four years old, and 

 gave in the year 861 1 pounds of milk, which yielded 539 

 pounds of butter. Nearly a hundred cows have been re- 

 ported that have made a record of 14 pounds or over of 

 butter a week, and several that have made exceedingly fine 

 single-day tests, as one cow, Pretty Dairymaid 2d of 

 Guernsey, No. 6366, who in an oflScial test gave in three 

 consecutive days 61 pounds 2 ounces, 62 pounds 12 ounces, 

 and 52 pounds and 9 ounces of milk, a total of 176 pounds 

 7 ounces. 



Their ability to produce butter-fat and butter at a low 

 cost demands the careful attention of the dairymen. At 

 the New York Experiment Station several of the dairy 

 breeds are being carefully tested. The annual report of the 

 director, which was recently issued, gives the result of the 

 first two periods of lactation. In both instances the Guern- 

 seys produced butter-fat at the least cost, as the following 

 shows : 



