286 THE CREAMERY PATRON'S HANDBOOK. 



Very few farmers keep a bull over two years. In-and-in-breeding seems to 

 be a bugaboo, and therefore the least approach to such a practice is avoided. 

 In very many cases this is a mistaken notion, but the results are that a 

 bull is usually disposed of before any opportunity of testing his heifers is 

 possible. 



The Jersey bull here illustrated (page 285) was used on the College 

 Farm for four years, and his sire for five years before him. As far as 

 points go, he is an almost ideally shaped bull, strong head and crest, a large 

 barrel and light hind quarters. He was sold last fall and later exhibited at 

 the State Fair and took first prize in his class. Neither this bull nor his 

 sire however, produced cows from the grade herd that equaled the records 

 of the grade Shorthorns described. 



I have heard of no carefully kept records of the yearly production of 

 cows by any farmers in this state. A few reports compiled from creamery 

 records show that some common cows in the hands of farmers produce 300 

 pounds of butterfat in a year, and several whose herds will average close 

 to 250 pounds of butterfat. I do not believe, however, that the average 

 herd in this state will give anything above 150 pounds of butterfat. 



VERMONT. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AT BURLINGTON. 

 REPORT BY JOSEPH L. HILLS, DIRECTOR. 



The Vermont Experiment Station herd of some sixty odd animals is 

 made up mainly of grade Jerseys. We have always had, however, from four 

 to six registered Ayrshires, and from three to six registered Jerseys. No other 

 breeds have been kept for many years, although some registered Holsteins 

 were members of the herd prior to 1894. I have assumed that the report 

 called for refers to registered animals only, but have inserted also the par- 

 ticularly good record of a grade Jersey. 



AYRSHIRE, NANCY B., 9581 A. R. Was dropped April 1, 1887. Her 

 sire was Buffalo Bill 4099 A. R. Her dam was Miss Cornelia 3rd, 8934 A. R. 



