SO PROFITABLE DAIRYING 



worthy of special mention. She came in in 1882 

 as a two-year-old, and in her first year produced 

 7,450 pounds of milk. Her first month's production 

 exceeded all former productions for the age. In 

 January, 1884, she produced 73 pounds a day. In 

 the following month she increased to 112 pounds 2 

 ounces in one day. She gave 535 pounds in five days, 

 and for a whole month averaged 100 pounds a day. 

 The owner of this cow was offered $15,000 for her 

 and her calf before she made her greatest record. 

 After that event the offer was increased to $25,000 

 for the cow and $10,000 for the calf. Such produc- 

 tions are not the work of chance, but the result of in- 

 telligent breeding and painstaking care in the devel- 

 opment of the heifer and the cow. 



The bull Hengerveld de Kol (Fig. 10) and the cow 

 Jollie Johanna (Fig. n) are splendid representatives 

 of this breed. 



THE SHORTHORN OR DURHAM* 



The Durhams, now generally known as Shorthorns, 

 were among the first of the high-bred cattle to be 

 brought to the United States. They have been longer 

 known to the breeder than any other dairy breed. 

 Soon after the Revolution a few cattle, supposed to 

 be Shorthorns, were brought to Virginia. They are 

 said to have been well-fleshed animals and the cows 

 remarkable for their milk production, some of them 

 producing over thirty quarts of milk a day. In 1797 



*Verified by JOHN W. GROVES, Secretary American Short- 

 horn Breeders' Association. 



