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7025 pounds a year per head. During four years the herd of 

 Mr. L. S. Drew of Vermont averaged 6010, 5849, 6020, and 

 6182 pounds per head annually. 



Notable individual records of Ayrshire cows compare favorably 

 in amount with those of any breed except the Holstein-Friesian. 

 The following official tests are recorded in the Ayrshire Yearbook : 



One of the famous Ayrshire cows to attract attention was 

 Duchess of Smithfield 4256, which in a seven days' test in 1885 

 produced 463! pounds of milk yielding 19 pounds 6 ounces 

 of butter. 



The Ayrshire as a butter cow is secondary to some of the other 

 breeds. In official yearly tests of individual cows, milk from Rena 

 Myrtle 9530 produced 546 pounds of butter; Atalanta 10777, 

 429 pounds; Nancy B. 9581, 416 pounds ; and Acme 5th 10342, 

 386 pounds. Some fifty records of private tests for a year range 

 from 400 pounds of butter up to 624 pounds credited to Lady 

 Fox 9669. Many Ayrshire cows have official records of fifty or 

 more pounds of butter a month, the highest being 96.66 pounds 

 credited to Cad's Beauty 13606. Lukolela 12357 m seven days 

 produced 18.98 pounds of butter; Miss Ollie 12039, l 7-%5 

 pounds ; and Miss Olga 13984, 16.70 pounds. 



Ayrshires in public tests have stood well. In the Pan-American 

 dairy breed test in 1901 the five Ayrshires for 120 days ranked 

 second in milk production, yielding 32,998.2 pounds milk, com- 

 pared with 39,260.2 for the Holstein-Friesian ; fourth in estimated 

 butter, 1434.7 pounds ; and second in net profit, $242.24. It 

 is but fair to state in this connection that the Pan-American 



