170 THE STOCKFEEDER'S COMPANION 



Twenty points for every pound of butter-fat pro- 

 duced per day. 

 Four points for every pound of " solids other than 



fat" yielded per day. 



Deductions. Ten points each time the fat is 

 below 3 per cent. ; ten points each time the 

 "solids other than fat" fall below 8-5. 



No prize will be given to cows in the milking trials 

 which do not come up to the following standard : 



Points (for Cows). 



Pedigree Shorthorns . . . 100 



Lincolnshire Red Shorthorns . . 100 



Non-Pedigree Shorthorns . . no 



Jerseys ..... 95 



Guernseys ..... 85 



Ayrshires ..... 90 



Red Polls ..... 90 



South Devons .... 100 



Kerries ..... 80 



Dexters ..... 75 



The standard for heifers in the milking trials will be 

 two-thirds the points fixed for the cows. 



The following example will show how the system is 

 applied at the Dairy Show : 



Shorthorn Cow LADY SYBIL. 



Points awarded. 



Days since calving, forty-one days . . o-i 



Average daily milk yield, 45-8 Ibs. . . 45-8 



Average daily yield, butter-fat, 1-78 Ibs. . 35-6 

 Average daily yield, solids not fat, 4-05 Ibs. . 16-2 

 Total points awarded . . . 97*7 



There were no deductions in this case, 





