HOLLAND. 



511 



DUTCH MILCH COWS. 



Extracts from, the milk list kept at the Badhoevc (Lath farm) m the lake of Haarlem, Hol- 

 land. 



[The milk was weighed every Saturday.] 

 PRODUCT FROM THE COW WOUTJE. 



The Woutje was born in May, 1875, and bought when a calf at the market in Ley- 

 den, South Holland. The following is her milk record for six years, viz, 1878-'83: 



Erery kilogram of milk may be considered a liter. 

 Woutje's calves.* 



* Figures in ( ) represent Nos. of animals in Mr. Amersfoordt's herd-book. 

 PRODUCT FROM COW 6UZETTE. 



This cow was calved in the Lake of Haarlem March 12, 1871. Nothing further is 

 known of her antecedents than that she came of Dutch breed. The record shows that 

 the Suzette had her first calf February 20, 1874, and her subsequent calves on May 8, 

 1875; May 14, 1876 ; May 20, 1877 (no calf in 1878) ; March 20, 1879. The Suzette was 

 sold, dry, on April 20, 1880. 



Milk record for seven years. 



