DUAL-PURPOSE CATTLE 



95 



Pounds of milk per year . . . 6017 



Average per cent of fat . . . 3.63 



Pounds fat per year .... 218 



Average per cent total solids . 12.85 



No. Cows REPRESENTED 



37 



40 



37 



3 



The above figures are about typical also of those herds in the 

 hands of private breeders where some attention has been paid 

 to the selection of the individual animal, and where fairly 

 good conditions are maintained. It is considerably higher 

 than the yield realized on the ordinary farm. At the St. 

 Louis World's Fair in 1904 the Shorthorns competed against 

 the Jerseys, Holsteins, and Brown Swiss. Twenty-four cows 

 averaged 4152 pounds of milk and 153.4 pounds of fat in 120 

 days, and the leading Shorthorn in both milk and fat production 

 produced 5207 pounds milk and 208.4 pounds fat in 120 days. 



Some very creditable records of individual animals have 

 been made by breeders that pay attention to the dairy quali- 

 ties. The private records of a herd in Pennsylvania show an 

 average for 38 cows of 9031 pounds of milk per year and of 

 8515 pounds of milk for 52 cows and heifers. 



The cow Mamie Clay 2d in this herd produced 47,048 

 pounds of milk with her first four milking periods. 



The following are the best records available for pure-bred 

 animals of this breed in America at present : 



