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Semi-Official Yearly or Lactation Records for Full Aged Cows 



xt j a t> xt c i~> H. B. Lbs. Lbs. of 



Name and A. R. No. of Cow No Milk Butter Fat 



1. Duchess Skylark Ormsby 124514 27761.7 1205.09 



2. Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.. 121083- 28403.7 1176.47 



3. O.K.L. Pearl Bula 265487 27389.2 1093.40 



4. Emeretta Korndyke De Kol ... 189227 28035.7 1077.55 



5. Ona Button De Kol 115939 26761.2 1076.44 



6. Maple Crest Pontiac Application 141158 23421.2 1075^.44 



7. Aaggie Acme of Riverside 2nd . . 164467 24690.0 1065.42 



8. Laurameka 187954 29899.0 1061.27 



9. Tilly Alcartra 123459 33425.3 1058.42 



10. Banostine Belle De Kol 90441 27404.4 1058.34 



The claims made for the cows in early private records have 

 been excelled in recent years, so whether the earlier reports were 

 true or not it is evident that they could have been. 



The breed's future depends on what the men who are breed- 

 ing the animal make it, and this in turn upon the completeness of 

 the ideal for the breed formed, held and followed by the breeders. 



That there are now, inherited from the earlier workers, sev- 

 eral points about the animal that need strengthening cannot be 

 gainsaid. A study of the animals as they are, reveals the fact 

 that a great many, even among the pure-bred herds, are long 

 legged, high and " upstanding " with shallow body and indiffer- 

 ent udder. Such should be and are being eliminated but not fast 

 enough. Others are too compact in build, too beefy in type to be 

 economical producers. It is true that breeding to sons of ad- 

 vanced registry 2 cows, tends to eliminate these two classes of 

 undesirable animals. It has often led into another error, less 

 vital yet worthy of consideration, and that is the sloping rumps 

 or rumpiness. Many animals possessing ugly shapes yet having 

 deep, strong bodies have made very satisfactory records. While 

 it is true that it is yield, not form, that should be first sought, it is 

 equally true that cows may be both good and good to the eye. 

 While the demand is keen for stock the bad rumps may pass, but 

 the calls of the near future will be for breeding stock from ad- 

 vanced registry dams, which are also possessed of straight top 

 lines and well balanced udders. The wise breeder of the present 

 will plan to have the stock to meet the demands of the near future. 

 'Official advanced registry is designated by the letters, A. R. O. 



