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DEPARTIVIENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The Grade Heifer Contest. 

 The following notice was sent to Massachusetts dairymen: — 



The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has placed at the disposal of the 

 State Board of Agriculture a sum not exceeding $5,000 annually for three 

 years, to be expended in the encouragement of practical dairying and the 

 production of milk and dairy products of superior cleanliness, and in 

 developing the live-stock industry of the State. 



For five years we have conducted clean milking and other contests. 

 We now propose to do something to encourage the rearing of grade heifers 

 from good milking strains of dairy animals. 



For best heifers, sired by pure-bred Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, 

 Holstein-Friesian, Jersey or Shorthorn bulls, and from high-producing 

 grade dams of any breed, to be born between April 1, 1917, and July 31, 

 1918, inclusive, prizes aggregating $3,000 are offered. 



