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unusual average for a herd. There are many records 

 of herds of from three to eight years of age averag- 

 ing 11,000 pounds each for one year. One cow 

 owned at Cuba, N. Y., is known to have produced 

 30,318 pounds of milk in 365 days. The percentage 

 of butter fat is from 3 to 4.5 per cent. There are, 

 however, many families of Holsteins that have made 

 phenomenal butter records. One cow has a well- 

 attested yield of 1,153 pounds of butter in a year. 

 This is the largest yield known up to the date of this 

 writing. 



While every breed of cattle may have its special 

 adaptations and its special field in which it is most 

 profitable, no other breed has spread so widely in 

 those countries where no artificial barriers have been 

 erected. The Ayrshire breed is scarcely known out- 

 side the British Islands ; the Jerseys and Guernseys 

 are not found to any extent upon the Continent; the 

 Shorthorn is limited to a few localities in Belgium, 

 France, Germany, while the Holstein-Friesian breed, 

 with its offshoots under various names, is everywhere 

 the prevailing breed in the lowlands of France, Bel- 

 gium, Holland, and the western provinces of Ger- 

 many. 



Where the pastures are moist and nearly level the 

 Holstein is at her best. She is, under such circum- 

 stances, the superior of any cow bred at the present 

 time in the production of quantity of milk and milk 

 solids. She does, however, readily adapt herself to 

 side-hill pastures, and under all circumstances is a 

 large and profitable producer for butter or cheese 

 making or the production of milk for city use. 



The Holstein cow Jamaica, No. 1336, H. H. R., is 



