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but it is true that the Jersey breed does typify the characteristics 

 of the real dairy cow, perhaps better than any other breed. As an 

 example of one of the good cows of the breed, the picture of Fauvic's 

 Star, 313018, is shown on page 109. This cow is owned by A. V. 

 Barnes, New Canaan, Connecticut. She is the champion milk 

 producer of the Jersey breed with a yearly record of 20,616 pounds 

 of milk and 1006 pounds of butter fat. 



Darling's Jolly Lassie, 4359-48, page 205, has the world's record 

 in butter fat for Jerseys and the world's record over all breeds as 

 a junior four-year-old. Her record is 16,425 pounds of milk and 

 1141.3 pounds of butter fat. The following quotation from the 

 American Jersey Cattle Club is of interest here: 



"Pickard Brothers, of Marion, Oregon, bred and tested Lassie. 

 Ovid Pickard takes full charge and does all of the labor in con- 

 nection with the Jersey herd, while his brother, Elzie, takes full 

 charge of the farming end. Many articles have been written on 

 the accomplishments of cows owned by wealthy breeders, and it 

 has been generally believed that the cow owned by the practical 

 dairy farmer in very moderate circumstances could not hope to 

 compete against the cow that is favored with de luxe surroundings. 

 The achievements of the Pickard herd, however, show that there 

 is one factor in the making of official records which the wealthy 

 owner finds it very difficult to compete with, and that is the amount 

 of care and sacrifice which the practical hard-working dairy farmer 

 will give to the animals he loves and which furnish his livelihood. 

 It is very difficult, indeed, to find a paid herdsman who will place 

 the health and comfort of his charges above his own. This is the 

 secret of the Pickard Brothers' success; Ovid Pickard loves his 

 cattle and he has found that it has been a paying proposition to 

 sacrifice and to make his cattle return his affection." 



172. Jersey bulls. — One of the Jersey bulls which shows good 

 dairy type and that also have been able to back up his form with 

 performance is Fauvic's Prince, 107961, page 108, owned by A. V. 

 Barnes, New Canaan, Connecticut. Fauvic's Prince has seventeen 

 daughters that have made records averaging 10,097 pounds of milk 

 and 560 pounds of butter fat with their first calves. Fern's Wex- 



