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eries from his Red Polled herd in the years 1899 and 1900. These, 

 with his remarks, were given by me in the Live Stock Journal, and 

 are now quoted: 



Milk Delivered at Creamery Milk Delivered at Creamery 



in 1899 in 1900 



Lb. Per Cent Amt. Lb. Per Cent Amt. 



of Butter Butter of Butter Butter 



Milk Fat Fat 



January 7,489 4.2 314.5 



February 8,650 4.1 354.6 



March 8,711 4.0 348.4 



April 9,758 4.0 390.3 



May , 11,063 38 420.4 



June 12,000 4.0 480.0 



July 12,317 3.8 468.0 



August 10,390 4.0 415.6 



September 8,700 4.1 356.7 



October 6,741 4.0 269.6 



November 6,049 4.2 254.0 



December 6,760 4.0 270.0 



108,628 4,342.3 



Add 868.5 



Total Ibs of Butter 5,211 Total Ibs. of butter. .5,989.5 



Average of milk 4,937.63 Ib. Average of milk 5,647,86 Ib. 



Average of butter 236.86 Ib. Average of butter 271.89 Ib. 



Mr. Henderson sends me the following memoranda: "The av- 

 erage of cows in each of these years supplying milk to the creamery 

 was twenty-two. Calves are hand raised, and are fed on new fresh- 

 drawn milk until six weeks to two months old, then they are turned 

 on to skim milk. The calves are liberally fed. New whole milk 

 was in 1899 the most economical feed they could have to push them 

 along during the first weeks of their lives, for milk during the year 

 was low in price at the creameries, averaging not more than % per 

 cent, per Ib. The milk sent to the creamery from my herd is the 

 surplus after calf feeding after each month of the year, regardless 

 of how many calves were dry at the time. The cows, however, drop 

 their calves through the whole year, the practice having been for 

 years to breed the cows at first heat, so there is considerable uni- 

 formity in number in milk each month." . . . "The year 1900 

 was an excellent season; the year previous was rather droughty. 

 The grass in 1900 was excellent up to November. As a few of the 

 cows lost calves prematurely, we fed less new milk; we raised seven- 

 teen during the year. About the same number in milk as in 1899. 

 The months of May to end of October were the months when the 

 cows run on blue grass pasture." 



Subsequent to the report in the "Live Stock Journal" of the 

 wonderful year's record, which ended on January llth, 1916, of 

 [31725] Jean Du Luth Beauty W2, at the Jean Du Luth Farm, 

 Duluth, Minnesota, I was furnished with various details by Mr. G. 

 P. Grout, the managing owner, and Mr. Harley A. Martin, of Gotham, 

 Wisconsin, who as secretary of the Red Polled Cattle Club of Amer- 

 ica, received from the farm the returns month by month. The tran- 

 script of milk records shows in a previous page in the W Group 

 that [17976] Bessie W2, as tested in the year 1909-10, milked 303 

 days. She then had live weight 1,500 Ib. Her [31725] Jean Du 

 Luth Beauty was born on July 15th, 1909, when that test began, and 

 was put to the club test on giving birth to her 2d calf in 1912. Her 

 milk yield during the year was 10019.8 Ib., butter fat 442.95 Ib., and 

 her live weight 1,195 Ib. After giving birth to 3d calf she got a 

 restful time, and increased her live weight to 1,500 Ib. On the birth 

 of 4th calf, January llth, 1915, the new test began. The club reg- 



