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when disinterested persons supervised the tests, such large 

 private tests have not been reported. Unquestionably many 

 Jersey cows will yield from 14 to 17 pounds of butter in a 

 week, while a few may pass 20 pounds. The best record made 

 in a week at the Columbian was by the cow Brown Bessie 

 74997, of 20.163 pounds; in 30 consecutive days her yield 

 was 77.319 pounds. In the Columbian Exposition tests the 



Fig. 1 10. Mary Anne of St. Lambert 9770, classed as one of the most beautiful 

 Jersey cows of her time. The property of Valancey E. Fuller, then of 

 Canada, she had a private record of 867 pounds 14I ounces butter in 365 

 days. Photograph by Schreiber 



Jerseys excelled both Guernsey and Shorthorn in butter-fat pro- 

 duction. In the Pan-American Exposition in 1901 the Jerseys 

 stood second among ten breeds in profitable fat production, the 

 Guernseys leading. In the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the 

 Jerseys surpassed the Holstein-Friesian and Brown Swiss in 

 butter and cost of production, the average cost per pound being 

 io£ cents for the Jersey, 1 3^ for the Holstein, and 14! for the 

 Brown Swiss. In 90 days in this test the Jersey cow Loretta 

 D. 141708 produced 280.16 pounds butter fat at a net profit of 



