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SEMIOFFICIAL YEARLY HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN MILK RECORDS 



In 1917 the Advanced Registry records of the Holstein-Friesian 

 Association showed that 3550 cows and heifers had produced an 

 average yield of 14,622.7 pounds of milk each in semiofficial tests. 

 Some remarkable yields are recorded, additional to the above. 

 Years ago the cow Shadeland Boon 2d 8892 H.H.B. was credited 

 with a private record of I22i pounds of milk in one day. As late 

 as 1914 fifty-three cows of the breed were credited with producing 

 each above 700 pounds of milk in seven days. The following are 

 some of the more notable large daily records since official testing 

 began :. Riverside Sadie DeKol Burke 70708, a California cow, 

 in seven days produced an average of 128.87 pounds per day; 

 during thirty days she averaged 123.5 pounds. Lutscke Vale 

 Cornucopia 110505, another California cow, in six months pro- 

 duced 18,275 pounds of milk, or a daily average of over 100 

 pounds. College Belle Wayne 98497, owned by the South Dakota 

 State College, produced 126.7 pounds in one day. DeKol Queen 

 La Polka 2d 72325, a New York cow, produced 124 pounds in a 

 day, while May Echo Sylvia 223725 produced 152.1 pounds in 

 one day and 12,898 pounds in one hundred days. Tilly Alcartra 

 123459 is the world's champion cow for total production of six 

 years, during which time she produced 156,776 pounds milk. 

 Many cows of the breed have produced from 75 to 90 pounds 

 in a day, and a fair Holstein-Friesian cow should easily produce 

 from 7000 to 9000 pounds in a year. According to official reports 

 up to 1919, 148 cows of the breed have records of over 24,000 

 pounds milk a year each. 



