I2O HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 



utive months, or not less than 511 Ibs. of milk in 10 consecutive days, previous to eight 

 months from and after date of calving, in which last case she shall have made another 

 record of not less than 170 Ibs. in 10 consecutive days after such period of eight months. 

 And for every day she exceeds four years of age at date of calving in the 'four-year form,' 

 the same increase per day as in the three-year form. 



' ' If calving on the day she is five years of age a record of not less than 15 Ibs. of butter 

 in seven consecutive days, or not less than 10,700 Ibs. of milk in 10 consecutive months, 

 or not less than 589 Ibs. of milk in 10 consecutive days, previous to eight months from 

 and after date of calving, in which last case she shall have made another record of not less 

 than 197 Ibs. in 10 consecutive days after such period of eight months. No increase of 

 production shall be required from increased age at date of calving in 'full-age form.' 



"All records shall be made within a period of one year from date of calving (ex- 

 cepting in case of a full year's record necessarily extending a year from its date of com- 

 mencement), and in no case include milk or butter produced from a second calving. 



' ' In making each and every such record the cow shall be milked dry at its com- 

 mencement, and the close shall not extend beyond the number of days reported, reckoned 

 at 24 hours each. In each and every butter record reported the butter shall be of good 

 marketable quality, salted at not higher than one ounce of salt to a pound of butter, and 

 worked free from any excess of water or buttermilk. 



" In reporting each and every record, the date of calving shall be given, age of cow 

 at such date, the date of commencement of record, the date of close of record, and the 

 number of pounds of milk or butter produced ; and in records of butter production, the 

 average number pounds of milk required to produce one pound of butter during the 

 whole period covered by the record. At the option of the owner the number of milkings 

 per day during any part of the time covered by the record or records may be given, or 

 other matters of interest, to occupy in the Register not to exceed two lines as published. 



" ' Every such record shall be sworn to by each and every person assisting in making 

 it, including in every case the owner of the animal. Such affidavits shall set forth that 

 the record or records were made in accordance with these rules, and that they are true in 

 each and every particular to the best knowledge and belief of the su-bscriber thereto. The 

 inspector shall also certify that in his judgment the animal is capable of making such rec- 

 ord or records. 



"A cow, to be eligible to this registry, shall also be found by the inspector to con- 

 form to the structural requirements provided in connection with the Scale of Points. 



' ' A cow shall also be eligible to this registry on a record of pure butter fat, deter- 

 mined by composite test of samples of her milk, taken from each and every milking for a 

 period of seven consecutive days. The samples to be taken, in every instance, from the 

 whole milking immediately after it has been thoroughly stirred and mixed. This composite 

 test shall be determined by the Babcock or other equally accurate apparatus or method 

 approved by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. The total amount of milk 

 given during this period of seven consecutive days shall be multiplied by the per cent, of 

 pure butter fat thus found in the milk, and the product obtained shall be the record. The 

 requirement for entry on such a record of pure butter fat shall be 83^3 per cent, of the 

 requirement for entry on a record of marketable butter of a cow of the same age. Full 

 particulars shall be reported and affidavits made as in cases of milk and marketable but- 

 ter records. " 



The recent quarrel in the Holstein-Friesian camp between Eastern 

 an Western breeders, and the attempted starting of a second Herd 

 Book, will have a depressing effect on the really best interests of the Hol- 

 stein-Friesian breed, and may result in even greater disaster. We have 

 no "side" to take in this controversy, but in the interests of the whole 



