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pounds butter fat, equivalent to 506.12 pounds butter. Deduct- 

 ing cost of feed, there was a net profit from Rose of $79.86. 

 One of the very best private dairy records for an entire herd 

 of grade Shorthorns comes from John Kingsbury of South 

 Dakota, who in 1898 reports 16 cows averaging 6000 pounds 

 milk, from which was made an average of 301 pounds 5 ounces 

 butter, while in 1899 the same number of cows yielded an 

 average of 6342 pounds milk and 317 pounds 5 ounces butter. 



Fig. 77. White Heather, first-prize and champion Shorthorn cow at the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England Show of 1904. One of the most beautiful 

 specimens of the breed seen in England in recent years. Bred by J. Deane 

 Willis. Photograph from William Cooper & Nephews, Berkhamsted, 

 England 



The prices received for Shorthorns range up to higher figures 

 than for any other breed of cattle. For over a century high 

 prices have been obtained at both private and public sales. Many 

 bulls have changed hands at $5000 each since the time of 

 Charles Colling's sale in 18 10 when Comet was the first to bring 

 this figure. The sale of Walcott and Campbell, held Septem- 

 ber 10, 1873, at New York Mills, New York, is the record- 

 breaking Shorthorn sale of history. At this time 109 animals 

 sold for $381,990, an average of $3504. The cow Eighth 

 Duchess of Geneva brought $40,600, the highest price ever 



