THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



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owned by Mr. John Hammond. The following is the result of the 

 trial : 



Daily yield of milk, in pints. 



[Davy 27th, H 1. Register No. 1451.] 



Daily average for five months, 41.04 pints ; for sir months, 40.1 pints ; for seven months, 39.01 pints. 

 Total yield from September 1 to March 31, inclusive, 8,273 imperial pints ; to April 30, 8,957 imperial 

 pints. 



The Didlington herd tests were carried out by Mr. John Wallis, the 

 steward, with the following results in pints : 



In England systematic tests for milk and cream are not carried out 

 by the farmers. It is only natural to suppose that a cow whose average 

 yield is 25 to 30 pints of milk per dieni during two-thirds of the year, is 

 more profitable than one which gives a good pail for half that period. 



Nancy 2nd (K 19) dropped her fourth calf on August 9, 1881. In the 

 week ending February 5, 1882, she gave 210 pints of milk; percentage 

 of cream, as indicated in a graduated test-tube after the milk had been 

 at rest twenty-four hours, 16.5. Each of the cows in the herd had, ID 

 February, a daily feed of 4 pounds mixed linseed and decorticated cot- 



