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shall be given to a cow that has not been safely bred within five months 

 from the date of last calving. 



3. The owner shall furnish a detailed monthly statement of the 

 kinds and the amounts of the different feeds eaten each month by the 

 individual cows entered in the competition. 



4. In order not to place young animals at a handicap in the award 

 of prizes, the records of production actually made by cows under five 

 years of age shall be increased in accordance with the average results 

 obtained in authenticated yearly tests of cows of different ages, as follows: 

 Records made by cows under 2 l /z years at the beginning of the yearly 

 test shall be increased by 30 per cent; 2 l / 2 to 3 years old by 24 per cent; 

 3 to 3% years old by 18 per cent; 3^ to 4 years old by 15 per cent; 4 

 to 4% years old by 8 per cent; and 4 1 /& to 5 years old by 5 per cent. 



5. Records of production for the competition may begin on the fifth 

 day after calving and shall close 365 days from the date of the beginning 

 of the test. 



6. The cost of the monthly two-day tests conducted in connection 

 with this competition shall be $5 for each farmer. The expense stated 

 covers the entire cost of the test to farmers so far as the Station is con- 

 cerned and includes all necessary expenses of the supervisors of the tests 

 (traveling, hotel, per diem, etc.) Farmers supply the sulphuric acid and 

 glass jars or bottles used in the tests, and pay notary fees (if affidavits 

 are required) and express charges on Babcock testers. They provide for 

 the accommodation of supervisors at the farm during the tests and con- 

 vey them from and to the nearest railway station or next farm where 

 tests are conducted. 



No more than ten cows in any one herd shall be tested at one time 

 on monthly tests if the cows are milked twice a day, and no more than 

 eight cows .where any are milked three or four times a day. The number 

 of milkings per day shall in no case exceed four. 



7. Prizes shall be awardei as follows: 



(a) For the highest records of production of butter fat by a cow 

 for one year 



First prize, $300. Third prize, $100. 



Second prize, $200. -Four prizes of $50 each. 



(b) For the highest records of production of butter fat by 10 cows 

 in any one herd for one year 



First prize, $500. Third prize, $200. 



Second prize, $300. Fourth prize, $100. 



Two prizes of $50 each. 



In addition special prizes, both for individual and herd records, are 

 offered. The maximum amount of money paid to any one breeder shall 



