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twelve, weighing 1400 pounds, in a public test at Chicago under 

 the auspices of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, averaged 

 81.7 pounds of milk per day for three days, the total milk yield- 

 ing 9.32 pounds butter fat, which stands as the largest public 

 milk and butter-fat test yet made by any breed. Brienz was a 

 Brown Swiss, owned by Mr. Abe Bourquin of Illinois. 



The Brown Swiss as beef producers rank well in Switzerland, 

 the Germans especially seeking the fattened cattle, which are 

 said to produce a desirable class of meat. In America there is 

 little evidence on this point. The cattle, however, keep in good 

 flesh easily and fatten rapidly. Weights of 400 to 600 pounds at 



FIG. 147. A pair of Brown Swiss cows, Upland Laura 2001 and Upland 

 Augusta 2266. Owned by F. R. Hazard, Syracuse, New York. Photo- 

 graph from the owner 



four to six months old are given as common, and the steers 

 attain a large size and dress out 55 to 60 per cent. It is not 

 likely, however, that cattle of this type will ever become popular 

 in the beef-cattle market in America. 



The distribution of Brown Swiss cattle is mainly over con- 

 tinental Europe, they thriving there, it is said, very generally, 

 excepting in Spain. In the United States there are but com- 

 paratively few herds, the better-known ones to-day being in 

 New York, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and 

 Colorado. 



The adaptability of the Brown Swiss to a wide range of con- 

 ditions seems apparent. Their native home is in the mountains, 



