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DAIRY FARMING 



or butter from this breed has considerably less yellow color 

 than that of Jerseys, and in fact ranks the lowest in this 

 respect. 



TABLE 6. PRODUCTION OF HOLSTEIN Cows IN EXPERIMENT 

 STATION HERDS. 



The highest fat records for a year made by this breed up 

 to April 1, 1916, were : 



The highest milk record was made by Tilly Alcartra, who 

 produced 30,452 pounds of milk in a year, but she did not 

 give as much fat as a number of other cows. 



In Holland, cattle of this breed are used for beef production 

 as well as for dairy purposes. The calves are especially 

 well adapted for veal as they are large at birth and gain 

 rapidly during the first few weeks. When dry the cows fat- 

 ten readily, and as is the case with other dairy breeds the 

 gains are made as cheaply and rapidly as with animals of 

 beef breeds. In the great cattle markets the price is always 

 lower for animals of the dairy breeds than for those of beef 

 breeds. There is some basis for this discrimination in the 



