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produce a large yield of milk of average composition. The 

 small fat globules are an advantage in this connection, and 

 the total solids are also well balanced between fat and other 

 solids. The only objection to this milk for market purposes 

 is the lack of a pronounced yellow color. 



The milk of this breed is well adapted for cheese mak- 

 ing on account of the small fat globules and relatively high 

 per cent of casein, and is generally used for this purpose in 

 their native land. They are fairly economical producers 

 of butter fat, but as a breed are probably excelled in this 

 respect by the Jerseys and Guernseys. When their milk is 

 creamed by gravity the loss in the skim milk is greater than 

 from the milk of the Channel Island breeds with their large 

 fat globules, but with the cream separator this difference is 

 too small to be taken into account. 



An Advanced Register for this breed was established in 

 1902 to encourage and record records of dairy performances. 

 The rules make the following requirements for admission : 



As a two-year-old a cow must produce 6000 pounds of 

 milk and 214 pounds of fat in one year. For each day 

 above two years there is added to the two-year-old require- 

 ments 2.74 pounds of milk and .12 pound of fat. This is 

 continued until five years of age is reached when the cow 

 is supposed to be mature. The requirements for this age or 

 older are 8500 pounds of milk and 322 pounds of fat in a year. 



The milk records are kept by the owner. The milk from 

 each cow is weighed and tested for two consecutive days each 

 month by a representative of the experiment station in 

 that state. 



A Home Dairy Test was established in 1901. In this 

 competition prizes are given to the best herds of five and 



