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flow of milk 48.35 pounds, containing 2.33 pounds of actual butter- 

 fat (equal to 2.75 pounds of standard quality butter). The cost of 

 her feed was twenty-five cents per day. Calculate the value of the 

 milk and butter for ten months. 



265d. Record of Colantha 4th's Johanna (see Fig. 125), in a 

 year test completed December 24, 1907, was 27,432 pounds milk, 

 yielding 998 pounds of butter-fat. This is the world's record, both 

 for milk and butter, for any cow of any breed. What would be 

 the value of her milk and butter at current prices? 



BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



266. What Constitutes a Breed? Breed, as applied to 

 live-stock, corresponds to variety in cultivated plants. 



Fig. 125. A famous Holstein, Colantha 4th's Johanna 

 RECORD OF COLANTHA 4TH's JOHANNA. 



