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Jersey or Guernsey milk. In total butter-fat or butter produc- 

 tion, however, large records have been made. The largest annual 

 butter record reported in any breed is that of Pauline Paul 2199 

 H.H.B., said to have produced in private test in one year 1153 



Fig. 117. Jolie Johanna 36779, grand-champion Holstein-Friesian cow at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. In the working dairy at the expo- 

 sition, in 120 days, this cow produced 6630.6 pounds milk, yielding 

 221.6 pounds butter fat. Photograph by the author 



pounds 15 j ounces of churned and salted butter. Aaggie Cornu- 

 copia Pauline 48426 holds the largest weekly Holstein-Friesian 

 butter record, that of 34 pounds 5.2 ounces in this time. She also 

 has a one-day record of 6 pounds 6h ounces of butter. 



The immense yields of milk and butter reported in private test 

 are open to the same objections as have been raised against 

 those made by other breeds. 



The official testing of Holstein-Friesians by agricultural experi- 

 ment stations or college supervisors has resulted in establishing 

 a large number of official records worthy of credence, which show 

 something of the ability of animals of the breed. Among the 

 official weekly records based on butter-fat tests, estimated to 

 80 per cent butter fat, the following are of interest : 



