HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 



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H. F. H. B. ), and second prize went to " Durkje V of Ohio " 

 (H. F. H. B.). 



Holstein butter has been awarded highest honors at many 

 county and State fairs. At the American Dairy Show of 

 1885, prizes were offered for butter breeds of cattle. We 

 copy from ' ' Breeders' Gazette :" ' ' The report of the Ameri- 

 can Dairy Show held in Chicago last November gives the 

 following as the average score on butter made from the milk 

 of several pure breeds of cattle competing. The awards 

 were made by an expert, with the following scale of points : 

 Flavor, 40 ; grain, 30 ; color, 15 ; salting, 10 ; style of pack- 

 ing, 5 ; total, 100. 



*' It will be seen that the butter from Holstein cows made 

 the highest score, and exceeds that made by Jersey cows by 

 two points. The Jersey butter was placed second by the 

 judges, and the butter from Hereford and Short-horn cows 

 takes the third place." 



We call attention to the fact that the Holsteins scored four 

 more points than the Jerseys on the items flavor, grain and 

 color, losing two on the less important item, style of packing. 



The foregoing testimony is convincing proof, and estab- 

 lishes the fact that the Holstein gives milk of good quality 

 and is capable of producing as much butter as any breed. 



There seems to be a degree of discomfort felt by some 

 owners of the butter breeds, lest the Holstein should prove 

 to be the greatest butter producer of them all, and I notice 

 they are wont to console themselves by decrying the quality 

 of Holstein milk, calling it " skim milk," etc. One promi- 



