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rules of admission to Advanced Register.) She produced 21 Ibs. 8 ozs. 

 of unsalted butter in seven days, from a yield of 312 Ibs. 6 ozs. of milk 

 said to be the largest certified record, with one exception, ever made by 

 a heifer. 



Still more remarkable is the record of Pauline Paul, 852 A. R., 

 2199 H. H. B., owned by J. B. Dutcher & Son, Pawling, N. Y. Drop- 

 ping her calf January 19, 1890, when eight years of age, she produced in 

 365 successive days, beginning February 8, 1890, and ending February 

 7, 1891, 18,669 Ibs. 9 ozs. milk, from which was made 1,153 Ibs. 15^ 

 ozs. well worked, marketable butter. This record is truly remarkable, 

 and has, of course, had to pass through the same gauntlet of doubting 

 remarks and publications which are always launched when any world's 

 records are broken. It is attested, however, under oath by the owners, 

 and by H. D. Warner, Geo. Vail and W. H. Johnson, and we have no 

 reason to doubt the truthfulness of what these gentlemen affirm. It 

 will be seen that on an average it^ required a little over 16 Ibs. of milk 

 throughout the year to make one pound of marketable butter. Not only 

 the owners but the whole Holstein-Friesian breeding fraternity are to 

 be congratulated on the record of this wonderful cow. It is not only 

 the largest butter record among Holstein-Friesians, but the largest but- 

 ter record for an entire year ever made by a cow of any breed. She has 

 also a record of 128 Ibs. 13^ ozs. of butter in 30 days. 



Pieterje, 2d, property of Mr. Dallas B. Whipple, of Cuba, N. Y., 

 has lately completed the greatest milk record, not only to date, but that 

 is likely to be made for some time to come; she is truly a wonderful 

 animal, having to her credit 112 Ibs. 7 ozs. of milk in one day; 3,289 Ibs. 

 loozs. in 31 consecutive days, and the enormous amount of 30,318 Ibs. 

 8 ozs. in one year of 365 days surpassing the great yield of Clothilde by 

 4,297 Ibs., and proving herself the largest milker in the world. She was 

 bred by T. K. Cuperus, of Boxum, Friesland, Holland; calved April 25, 

 1877, and imported November i, 1882, by Mr. A. Bradley, of Lee, Mass. 



Touching their beef qualities we have yet much to learn ; their 

 exponents claim for them finely marbled, rich, juicy flesh, while the 

 opposite faction assert that they are good for nothing but milk; probably 

 a mean between these two views will be found more nearly correct. 

 That the grades produced by using Holstein-Friesian bulls on native 

 stock rank well in size and thrift with the grades of either Shorthorn, 

 Hereford or Galloway lineage, cannot be denied; but to claim as fine 

 beef qualities for a typical milk breed as may be found in cattle bred 

 especially for the butcher's block, is too much like the theory of the 

 individual who claims the earth. They have size and vigor, two things 

 of prime value in grading up a herd of native stock, and are especially 

 valuable for the great Southwest for the reasons : First, that they 

 rapidly improve the milking value of native stock by grading; and sec- 



