UNTY FOR THE LOCATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM, A TRIBUTE TO THE MATCHLESS SOIL 

 MEDIATE AND FIRST HAND AH) TO THE NEW SETTLER IN YOLO COUNTY 



been striving for years to develop a cow that could produce 30,000 pounds 

 of milk. Tilly yielded 30,452.6 pounds in a single year. Yolo County now 

 holds three of the six world-record milk cows. 



Another of the herd has the distinction of being the world's greatest milk 

 producer, having given 134.7 pounds of milk in one day and is the only cow 

 in the world that has produced 900 pounds in seven days. This herd contains 

 about 250 head of registered cows and heifers. Of these, the yearly records 

 of fifteen cows show an average production of 721 pounds of butter fat and 

 over 20,000 pounds of milk. Forty cows have completed year tests averaging 

 600 pounds of butter fat, and less than half of these have reached mature age. 



This gives one an idea of what may be accomplished by a dairyman. 

 Nor is this merely an isolated case, but it is the rule in Yolo County for 

 farmers to breed the best stock. It would be hard to find anywhere in 

 California, if not in the West, better herds than those established by the 

 Bullard estate, the Gibsons, the Glides, H. P. Eakle, H. G. Armstrong, A. W. 

 Morris, II. H. Gable and others. Durhams, ITolsteins, Jerseys, Herefords, 

 Ayreshires, Polled Angus and the Brown Swiss have ardent admirers. 



There is a creamery at Woodland, another at Winters and a third is 

 operated at the State University Farm at Davis, w^hich paid farmers $50,000 

 last season. Each of these is run to full capacity, and considerable milk also 

 is shipped to other points. 



YOLO COUNTY SHEEP ARE IN DEMAND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHERE PURE-BRED FLOCKS ARE RAISED 



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