THE BREEDS OF CATTLE 



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Jersey milk usually contains 4J/2 to 5 per cent of fat, and 

 makes a high grade of butter. Many cows have produced 

 enough milk in a week to yield 14 or more pounds of butter. 

 A number have records of over 20 pounds in a week. Many 

 Jerseys have produced enough milk within a year to yield 

 500 pounds of butter, and some have even exceeded this. 



Fig. 34. 



Golden Sultana, a very beautiful Jersey cow, imported by T. S. 

 Cooper & Sons. Photograph by the author. 



In one year Jacoba Irene made 953 pounds of milk fat, which 

 is a wonderful record. Jerseys are common in the more 

 thickly populated states, and are great favorites at the fairs. 

 In the breed tests of dairy cattle held at the great exposi- 

 tions, the Jerseys have usually ranked at the top, especially 

 at Chicago in 1893, and at St. Louis in 1904. Cattle of this 

 breed have brought very high prices. In 1911, the bull 



