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ulation provides that there be two milkings in the 24 hours, and 

 that there be tests from time to time by duly appointed persons. 

 In the case of J. D. L. Beauty, as a guard against unfair sugges- 

 tions, it was provided that the test should be made by experts from 

 the Minnesota Experimental Station, with re-tests by experts from 

 the Wisconsin Station. As a matter of fact, there . were no fewer 

 than fourteen of these experts who took part in the duty, with a 

 fifteenth early in January, 1916, from the North Dakota Experimen- 

 tal Station, and Mr. Harley Martin went on duty to the farm in 

 October. After the test had ended the following statements were 

 made officially respecting the year's proceedings: 



Unlike most high record cows that have one constant attendant 

 throughout their entire test period, Beauty, unfortunately, was milked 

 by at least eight different men during the year, and she was changed 

 from one milker to another no less than fifteen times. Four men 

 had her feeding in charge at different times during her year's work, 

 and one of the men who milked and fed her for four months had had 

 absolutely no experience before with test or record cows. The lux- 

 uries of life that most World's Record Cows enjoy, such as electric 

 fans, etc., Beauty knew nothing about. She was handled during her 

 year's work in no extraordinary way except that a little more care 

 was taken in her feeding than the other cows in the herd received. 

 She was let out to water with the rest of the herd, and drank out 

 of the river Lester until the cold weather set in. In the summer 

 time she went to pasture and grazed on the luxuriant clover and 

 grasses common to northern Minnesota. Her grain ration consisted 

 of bran, oil meal, gluten feed, corn meal, Ajax Flakes, ground oats 

 and Schumacher Feed. The proportion of each grain in the mixture 

 was changed a good many times during the period for variety's sake. 

 About % pint of molasses was mixed with each feed of grain. 

 Soaked dried beet pulp was also fedl for a considerable time during 

 her test. Roots were given her also and silage during the first 

 months of her work. Clover hay and soiling crops, when the latter 

 were available, was the bulky roughage fed her. 



The record of the year's test was 20280.6 Ib. milk, 891.58 Ib. 

 butter fat, and live weight increased to 1,750 Ib. Mr. Grout, who 

 is secretary of the Minnesota Guernsey Breeders' Association says: 

 "The remarkable part of Beauty's record lies in the fact that Beauty 

 is not a dairy type cow. She certainly has dairy qualities, but her 

 type is that of a beef animal with great mammary development. 

 In other words, she has both milk and beef form. Another fact that 

 should be mentioned in connection with Beauty's record is that she 

 carried a calf during the last four and a half months of her year." 

 He has kindly provided me with Beauty's ration for the year: 



5 tons of gram at $29 per ton $145.00 



3,650 Ibs. of hay at $8 per ton 14.00 



3,529 Ibs. silage at $3 per ton 5.00 



1,166 Ibs. roots at .005 per Ib 5.50 



546 Ibs. beet pulp at $20 per ton 5.47 



91 gal. molasses at .18 per gal 16.42 



Total cost of food $191.39 



Beauty produced: 



1,065 Ibs. of butter at .40 $426.00 



445 gal. butter milk at .30 133.00 



Actual returns at the pail, without counting skim milk [which 



may fairly set against the grass feed] $559.00 



