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and Lily Ella's dam, Zoella 3301. Both cows produced a living calf during 

 tHe year and were dry about eight days before calving. 



Mr. Beirne weighed and recorded the milk of each milking and once 

 a month took a composite sample of the night and following morning's 

 milk and sent it to the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment station where 

 it was tested by the Babcock test. Four inspection samples were taken 

 during the year by a representative of the Wisconsin Experiment Station 



LILY ELLA 7,240 REGISTERED GUERNSEY. 



First Prize Cow, Home Butter Tests 1899. Production in one year at five years old, 

 12,282.68 pounds milk, average per cent, fat (5.42, pounds fat 782.16, equal to 912.5 pounds 

 butter. Picture above shows her as she appeared in this test. 



at the barn during milking time. The tests of these samples agreed very 

 closely with those of the samples sent by Mr. Beirne. 



Mr. Beirne took charge of the cows and during the entire test he fed 

 and milked the cows. They were stabled in box stalls and were fed the 

 following rations per day per cow: 



November, 30 Ibs. silage, 4 Ibs. bran, 2 Ibs. corn meal and what clover 

 hay they would eat clean. December, after the cows had calved, the feed 

 was gradually increased to the following ration: 15 Ibs. silage, 5 Ibs. hay, 



