BUTTER TESTS 171 



Butter Tests. 



The prizes are awarded according to the following 

 scale of points: 1 



One point for every ounce of butter; one point 

 for every completed ten days since calving, 

 deducting the first forty days. Maximum 

 allowance for period of lactation, twelve points. 



Fractions of ounces of butter, and incomplete periods 

 of less than ten days, to be worked out in 

 decimals, and added to the total points. 



In the case of cows obtaining the same number of 

 points, the prize to be awarded to the cow that 

 has been the longest time in milk. 



No prize or certificate to be given in the case of: 



(a) Cows under five years old failing to obtain 



twenty-eight points ; or in the case of Jerseys, 



thirty points. 

 (&) Cows five years old and over failing to obtain 



thirty-two points ; or in the case of Jerseys, 



thirty-five points. 



The following example shows how the total marks 

 are obtained : 



Shorthorn Cow SOUTHFIELD NANCY. 



Points awarded. 

 Average daily butter yield while at Dairy Show, in 



ozs., 57 ozs. 57 



Days since calving, thirty- seven days . . ... 



Total marks gained .... "5?" 



1 For the George Bateman Nelson (Coronation) Challenge Cup, 

 value ^25, the quality of the butter is also taken into account, and 

 five marks are given in each case for colour, flavour, and texture. 



