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above them. New York City and Buffalo people who scarcely knew how 

 milk is obtained saw cows milked, fed and groomed for the first time, and 

 learned to distinguish Jerseys, Guernseys, Brown Swiss and the other breeds 

 represented. 



The expense of conducting this test was as follows: Salaries, $7,321.25; 

 feed, $3,177.77; shavings (for bedding), $772.85; ice, $338.69; chemical 

 analysis, $226.00; supplies, etc., $182.17; total, $12,018.73. Receipts for 

 products $8,175.64. Net expense to exposition, exclusive of building, 

 $3,843.11. 



Ten breeds entered the test with five cows each as follows: Shorthorn, 

 Holstein, Ayrshire, Jersey, French Canadian, Guernsey, Brown Swiss, Red- 

 Polled, Polled-Jersey and Dutch Belted; the first five breeds named being 

 furnished by Canada and the last five by the United States. 



The breeds were represented by A. W. Smith, G. W. demons, Robt. 

 Robertson, Prof. Day, Dr. Couture, W. H. Caldwell, Mr. Inman, V. T. Hills, 

 A. T. Mohr and J. Mclnnes, the representatives coming in same order as 

 breeds named above. 



These gentlemen, together with an advisory committee, composed of 

 Maj. Henry E. Alvord (Dairy Division U. S. Dept. Agl.), Hon. E. W. Hob- 

 son, of Canada, and Dr. W. H. Jordan and J. H. Grisdall, representing Asso- 

 ciation of American and Dominion Experiment Stations respectively, met 

 and formulated the rules which governed the test. 



Four prizes were to be awarded to herds excelling in the four follow- 

 ing points: 



1st. Greatest net profit on estimated butter at 25c. per lb., 85 Ibs. 

 butterfat in milk to represent 100 Ibs. of butter (equal to 17 per cent, 

 overrun) . 



2nd. Greatest net profit on churned butter at 25c. per lb. 



3rd. Greatest net profit on total milk solids at 9c. per lb. 



4th. Greatest net profit on total milk solids at 9c. per lb. plus gain in 

 live weight at 3c. per lb. 



After considering the average prices of feed throughout the United 

 States and Canada for the last five years, the committee arrived at the 

 following schedule of prices to be charged in the test: 



Clover hay, $7.00; ensilage, $2.00; green feed, $1.75; bran, $15.00; 

 corn meal and gluten meal, $16.00; ground oats, $19.00; oil meal, cotton- 

 seed meal and pea-meal, $25.00 per ton. 



Each herd of five cows was fed, milked and cared for by a man chosen 

 and employed by the association representing the breed, but the exposition 

 paid these men additional salaries and they were in a measure under 

 control of the superintendent. 



Each herdsman (sometimes with advice or suggestions from owners of 

 the cows) made daily requisitions for the ration for each of his five cows, 

 choosing such feeds, within the above list, and in such quantity as he 



