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milk being run through a separator, and made 248 pounds and one-half ounce 

 of butter, worked and salted one ounce to the pound. 



From March 12 to 19, 1895, a special test was made of Early Morn, and 

 this was reported to the American Jersey Cattle Club, and is in the pub- 

 lished tests of the club. During the test(7 days) she produced 248.8 pounds 

 of milk from which was produced 17 pounds 13 ounces of butter, worked 

 and salted one ounce to the pound. She consumed during the trial 84 

 pounds of hominy, 42 pounds of bran, 21 pounds of oil meal, 55 pounds of 

 clover hay, 193 pounds of silage.' 



For 11 months ending January, 1894, she produced 6,737.7 pounds of 

 milk, an average of 20.9 pounds a day, while for 396 days ending in 1896 

 she made 7,754.8 pounds, an average of 19 pounds a day. 



MANADA PURDUE 3RD. 



This Holstein-Friesian cow was dropped at the Indiana Agricultural 

 Experiment Station on November 16, 1894, and was sired by Pietertje 

 Netherland Artis, 13203, her dam being Manada Purdue, 22043. The sire 

 was by Pietertje Netherland 12804, a son of Netherland Duke 1571 H. H. B., 

 and Pietertje 3rd, 11244, while on the dam's side he was a grandson of 

 Prince of Artis, 2479 H. H. B. His six nearest female relatives averaged 

 about 18,000 pounds of milk a year each. 



On the dam's side, the granddam of Manada Purdue 3rd, was an im- 

 ported cow by the name of Manada, that was a very fine example of the 

 dairy type, and withal a superior Holstein, exceptinginthe quality of hermilk. 



On January 30 of this year, Manada Purdue 3rd dropped a bull calf 

 which on the day of birth weighed 125 pounds, the heaviest calf dropped 

 at Purdue University in 11 years. On Monday morning, February 24, a 

 test was made of this cow for seven days. During this period she produced 

 489 pounds of milk which by Babcock test showed 16.72 pounds pure butter- 

 fat. Her milk was run through a separator, and from the cream in two 

 churnings were made 19 pounds three ounces of un worked butter, and 17 

 pounds 15^ ounces of worked butter, salted one ounce to the pound. The 

 greatest amount of milk she produced in one day was 75.4 pounds on Tuesday, 

 which showed 2.6 pounds pure butterfat. 



During this trial she consumed 63 pounds of clover hay, 300 pounds 

 of silage, 60 pounds of bran, 42 pounds of gluten meal, 28 pounds of hominy 

 feed and seven pounds of oil meal. On the basis of figures adopted by the 

 Holstein-Friesian Association of North America, the cost of this feed would 

 be $1.32. This is, however, considerable lower than prevailing prices for 

 feed this winter would make it. 



A year's test prior to 1902 of this cow has not been made, as her period 

 of lactation has been broken into to use as a nurse cow on some show stock, 

 but during 1902 she is under careful test in every way to measure up her 

 working capacity, samples of her daily milk being subjected to Babcock 

 test. She is a cow however that will yield a good margin of profit over the 

 cost of production. 



