PIETERTJE 2D'S RECORD. 



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of her two last calves. This was preparatory to her making this record, 

 although she was milked sixteen out of the twenty months before we could 

 dry her off. I am informed that this is the only time she has ever been dry 

 since first coming in milk. The statement made by Alfred Jencks in relation 

 to an accident happening to Pietertje 2d on September 1st, 1887, and again on 

 January 24th, 1888, when she was sick, is correct, and without a doubt, if noth- 

 ing had happened to Pietertje 2d, her record would have been nearer 31,000 

 Ibs. than 30,000 Ibs. But as it turned out the results are quite gratifying, 

 30,318| Ibs. beats all previous efforts by 4,297 Ibs. 6 oz. Pietertje 2d was nearly 

 three months in calf when this record closed, being further in advance in calf 

 than either Clothilde or Echo were, as they were not bred until their records 

 were nearly closed. Pietertje 2d has one son and three daughters. The son 

 is Pietertje 2d's Holland King, four years old; the first daughter is Pietertje 

 3d, formerly Milla; the second daughter is Pietertje 4th, formerly Pietertje 

 2d's Netherland, and the third daughter is Pietertje 5th, formerly Netherland 

 Duke's Pietertje. This is all the family, no others in existence, and all owned 

 by me. 



" Pietertje 2d dropped her last calf February 19th, 1887. She commenced 

 her record February 24th, 1887, and closed the same February 23d, 1888, and has 

 made the following record for each month and year: 



February 24th, 1887, to March 23d, 1887, inclusive, 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



January 



1888, 



April 



May " 



June " 



' July " 

 August" 



Sept. " 



Oct. " 



Nov. " 



Dec. " 



Jan. " 



Feb. " 



1888, 



2,454 Ibs. 7oz. 



Total, 



Average per day for the whole year, . 

 Highest day's yield, third month in milk, . 

 Smallest day's yield, Jan. 13th, 1888, when sick, 

 Last day of the year's record, witnessed, . 



Average yield per day for each month : 



1st month, 87 Ibs. 10^ oz. 



2d month, 90 " 14% 



3d month, 97 " 15 

 4th month, 106 " 1J 8 ' 

 5th month, 96 " 9 1-5 



6th month, 91 " 3 



. 30,318 Ibs. 8oz. 



83 Ibs. 1 11-365 oz. 

 112 " 7 

 41 " 5 

 60 " 13 



7th month, 83 Ibs. 27-31 oz. 



8th month, 84 



9th month, 76 



10th month, K6 



llth month, 58 



12th month, 57 



14 

 4 



13 



3 15-31 



4 25-31 



" It will be seen that these last months were on dry feed and in mid- winter ; 

 also cow in calf. Pietertje 2d was only milked three times per day during 

 this record. 



" The analysis of Pietertje 2d's milk was made by New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y., and Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 both at the same time, and from samples from the same milking. The analy- 

 ses agree very closely and are as follows : 



Average Standard 



.12 per cent. 



.3to.3K " 



.9 



" This is a wonderful showing considering the feed that Pietertje 2d has 

 had. The richness of the milk would show that she is a great butter cow as 

 well as a great milker. Her milk has been taken to the cheese factory and 

 accepted as good milk, although no factory in this section of the country will 

 allow patrons to feed potatoes to their cows, on account of hurting the quality 

 of milk. Notwithstanding these facts, Pietertje 2d's milk is fully up to the 

 standard in butter fats, and is only off a small fraction on solids. One can 

 readily see that her food has been to stimulate quantity instead of quality, and 

 therefore, must say that the analysis of this milk is highly gratifying to me. 



