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ounces; "Oatka" (945, H. H. B.), 22 pounds 8|- ounces ; 

 "Sadie Vail" (958, H. H. B.), 21 pounds 10 ounces; 

 «' Star" (2345, H. H. B.), at two years old, made 15 pounds 

 13 ounces in seven days ; and " Wanda" (2283, H. H. B.), 

 at two years old, 16 pounds 15 ounces ; " Princess of Wayne 

 3d" (1315, H. H. B.), at three years old, made 18 pounds 

 12 ounces in seven days and 76 pounds 12| ounces in thirty 

 days ; " Aegis 2d" (235, H. H. B.), 23 pounds 7| ounces in 

 seven days and 96 pounds 3^ ounces in thirty days ; " Neiltje 

 Korndyke " (9, D. F. H. B.), 241 pounds in seven days and 

 95| pounds in thirty days ; " Princess of Wayne" (954, H. 

 H. B.), 22 pounds 9 ounces in seven days and 91 pounds 

 one-half ounce in thirty days. Several others have also made 

 over 90 pounds of butter in thirty days. 



We will close these records with calling attention to two 

 marked performances: " Aaggie 2d" (1360, H. H. B.), as 

 a five years' old, made 26 pounds 7 ounces of butter in seven 

 days, 105 pounds 10^ ounces in thirty days and 304 pounds 

 5| ounces in ninety days. This, we believe, is the largest 

 amount of butter ever produced in ninety days by any cow. 

 " Tritomia " (4004, H. H. B. ) , four years old, recently made 

 25 pounds of butter in seven days and 36 pounds in ten days. 

 We think this leads all records for cows of this age. "Trito- 

 mia" has won other honors for Holsteins lately. At the Min- 

 nesota Fair a prize was offered for ' ' cows giving milk from 

 which the most butter is made." There were 8 registered 

 Jerseys, 1 grade Jersey and 7 registered Holsteins compet- 

 ing. Mr. D. W. Curtis conducted the tests and the prize 

 was won by "Tritomia." The Holsteins ranked, 1st, 2d, 

 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th, leaving the 6th place to a Jersey. 

 This is certainly a conspicuous victory. 



At the West Virginia Exposition and State Fair, last Sep- 

 tember, prizes were offered for best butter cows ; the tests 

 were made in the presence of a committee of the Fair Board 

 and were conducted by Mr. P. H. Kimball of Vermont, an 

 expert butter maker, selected to test the butter qualities of 

 cows at this exhibition, comprising Holsteins, Friesians, Jer- 

 seys, Ayrshires and Red Norfolk Polls. The first prize for 

 aged cows went to " Nora of Oatfield" (10,399, H. H. B.). 

 First prize for two years' old heifers went to "Isidora" (985 



