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3,533 imp. On the sire's side, Early Morn was also a great granddaughter 

 of Tormentor, through Ruby's Torment, her granddam. 



Early Morn was dropped April 4, 1887, and came into the possession 

 of the Indiana Station in December, 1890, where she remained until her 

 death in May, 1899. She was a large Jersey, having weighed nearly 1,300 

 pounds in her time. Her udder was very superior, the front part being 

 nearly perfect, the hind part however, not being quite as full as it should 

 be. Her milk veins were simply fair. The udder was very elastic and 



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milked down well. She always carried plenty of flesh, and had fine hand- 

 ling quality. 



In 1897 a careful record was made of Early Morn's work. During 

 that period, beginning with April 13, ending January 13, 1898, during a 

 period of 275 days, she produced 5,830.3 pounds of milk. Samples from 

 each milking, by Babcock test, showed 330.60 pounds of pure butterfat, 

 equal to 1.2 pound per day. For the first five and one-half months of this 

 period of lactation all of her cream was saved and churned separately, the 



