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other application of this wet soil, which though good, is not rich 

 enough to fatten bullocks in a high stile, would be so advantageous 

 as the dairy." We have it also on record that the Mrs. Chevallier 

 who entertained Arthur Young at Aspall Hall, put the Suffolk 

 Polled's milk to the test, and at the same time that of the Bakewell 

 Longhorns, which were then growing into favor, and were deemed 

 good milkers. She found that three quarts of milk from the Suf- 

 folk cow gave two and a third ounce of cream more than that from 

 the Longhorned after standing 36 hours, and churned one-fourth 

 more butter. An equal quantity of hot water being then added to 

 the milk, after 12 hours the milk from the horned cow gave four 

 ounces more cream than that from the polled. 



There are no continuous records of the percentage of butter 

 fat in the present day Red Polled herds in High Suffolk, by which 

 there might be a comparison with the facts and figures reported 

 by Arthur Young. But Mr. J. B. Chevallier has had tests made by 

 Mr. F. J. Lloyd, analytical chemist of the British Dairy Farmers' 

 Association, and by the Eastern Counties Dairy Institute, of the 

 cows then in his herd, and there is now in the county an East 

 Anglian Milk Record Society, which is going to do its part towards 

 reporting results of the business. The Red Poll Society has also 

 moved in the right direction. From tests thus made are the follow- 

 ing transcripts: 



Whitlingham had one official test in 1888 made by Mr. F. J. 

 Lloyd, to form part of the story of the Association's visit in the 

 autumn of 1887. The test was an analysis of three milk yields: (a) 

 On May 31st, when the cows had been first turned out on a new 

 growth of grass and clover on the Sewage farm, (b) On June 20th, 

 when drought had greatly reduced the supply of feed, (c) On July 

 19th, after rain had fallen, and the grass had made fair growth, (a) 

 2176 Coronet Tl (2d c. April 2d), week's milk, 280 Ibs.; fat, a. m. 

 6:10, p. m. 4.80; total solids, a. m. 15.08, p. m. 14.08. (b) Week's milk, 

 273 lb.; fat, a. m. 3.73, p. m. 3.93; total solids, a. m. 13.02, p. m. 

 13.14. (c) Week's milk, 246% lb.; fat, a. m. 3.27, p. m. 4.02; total 

 solids, a. m. 12.43, p. m. 13.16. 2753 Di S3 (4V 2 yr.,'c. March 15th), 

 Week's milk, 258% lb.; fat a. m. 5.86, p. m. 5.83; total solids; a. m. 

 15.30, p. m. 15.01 (b) Week's milk, 237^4 lb.; fat, a. m. 2.90, p. m. 

 3.68; total solids, a. m. 12.14, p. m. 13.08. (c) Week's milk, 190V 2 lb.; 

 fat, a. m. 4.55, p. m. 5.08; total solids, a. m. 14.00, p. m. 14.06. 1536 

 Silent Beauty O9 (6V 2 yr., c. January 12th). Week's milk, 201^4 

 lb.; fat, a. m. 5.40, p. m. 5.87; total solids, a. m. 14.50 p. m. 14.94. 

 (b) Week's milk, 179 V 2 Ibs.; fat a. m. 3.67, p. m. 4.55; total solids, 

 a. m. 12.82, p. m. 13.63. (c) Week's milk, 154y 2 lb.; fat a. m. 3.82, 

 p. m. 4.59; total solids, a. m. 12.80, p. m. 13.48. On April 20th, 1889, 

 samples taken \vhen cows on grass feed, sent to Mr. Francis Sutton, 

 public analyst for Norfolk: 1513 Fillpail Rll (9 yr., 7th c. March 

 llth), milk 57^4 lb.; fat, p. m. 2.50, a. m. 3.85; non-fatty solids, p. 

 m. 9.46, a. m. 9.30. 2875 Heedless O2 (4V 2 yr., 3d c. March 27th), 

 milk 48% lb.; fat, p. m. 3.47, a. m. 4.20; non-fatty solids, p. m. 9.41 

 a. m. 9.10. 2457 Poppy 1 Norf. (9 yr., 8th c. April llth), milk 

 46^ lb.; fat p. m. 3.67, a. m. 4.45; non-fatty solids, p. m. 9.04, a. m. 

 9.22. The Babcock tests, taken in 1892, 1894, and 1895, mentioned in 

 milk records of Whitlingham, when cows were on grass feed only. 



When the Babcock tester was available Mr. R. Harvey Mason 

 began its regular use in the Necton Herd. In 1892-3 he added to 

 his published list the highest percentage of butter fat. From April 



