SMITHS & POWELL CO. HEIFERS. 75 



The Smiths & Powell Co., of Syracuse, N. Y., in the spring of 1894, made a 

 most interesting and valuable report of the yield of some herds of their own 

 breeding. They state : "As is our custom, we have recently been testing some 

 of our young heifers for butter, and as several of them have pedigrees which 

 show that the ten to twenty nearest female ancestors have records which aver- 

 age from 18 to 20 Ibs. of butter in a week, and 15,000 to 16,000 Ibs. of milk in a 

 year, we have watched with no small degree of interest the results of these 

 tests, and they show conclusively that if you wish superior butter cows, you 

 must breed with this purpose constantly in view. 



" We recently tested a heifer which was two years old November 30, last, 

 and had her first calf when about twenty-live months old. She made 14 Ibs. 7 

 oz. of very choice butter, salted an ounce to a pound, and well worked. 



"As this is a good showing, it will be of interest to know what her ancestors 

 have done. Her sire was Sir Netherland Clothilde, whose thirteen nearest 

 female ancestors, including every one in America, average 16,052 Ibs. 3 oz. of 

 milk in a year, and 19 Ibs. 15 oz. of butter in a week. 



"Her dam, Aegis 10th, as a two-year-old, made 14 Ibs. of butter in a week, 

 and as a three-year-old, 21 Ibs. 7 oz. of butter in a week, and she gave 14,000 

 Ibs. of milk in ten months. 



"Her grandam, Aegis, was the first cow that was ever known to give 16,823 

 Ibs. of milk in a year, and when thirteen years old she made 25 Ibs. of butter in 

 a week and over 100 Ibs. in thirty days. 



"Aegis 10th was by Netherland Prince, whose dam gave 13,875 Ibs. of milk 

 in a year and made 21 Ibs. 3 oz. of butter in a week. 



''Another heifer which is making a very fine showing is Netherland Monk's 

 Aaggie Constance, three years old. She gave, as a two-year-old, 11,201 Ibs. 7 

 oz. of milk in a year, and made at that age, on winter feed, 15 Ibs. 8| oz. of 

 butter in a week. She had her second calf in December, and has recently made 

 20 Ibs. |- oz. of butter in a week. Her sire was Netherland Monk, whose dam, 

 Albino 2d, was probably the greatest cow of the entire breed, when age is con- 

 sidered. She gave as a two-year-old, 18,484 Ibs. of milk in a year, and made, 

 the fourteenth month after having her calf, as a two-year-old, 13 Ibs. 14| oz. of 

 butter in a week. As a three-year-old, when fresh, she made about 26 Ibs., and 

 106 Ibs. in thirty days. Netherland Monk was by Netherland Prince, as given 

 above. 



' 'The dam of this young cow, Aaggie Constance, as a two-year-old, commenc- 

 ng at twenty-six months of age, gave 26,761 Ibs. of milk in a year, and as a 

 mature cow made 19 Ibs. 14| oz, of butter in a week. 



"The grandam, Kappijne, gave 15,227 Ibs. 7 oz. of milk in a year, and made 

 19 Ibs. 12 oz. of butter in a week. 



"Another promising three-year old, equally as well bred as the last two, is 

 Countess Clothilde. She had her first calf when just past two years old, and 

 made, on winter feed, 15 Ibs. 2 oz. of butter in a week, and gave 9,251 Ibs. 10 

 oz. of milk in a year. She had her second calf about two weeks ago, and closed 

 a week's test for butter yesterday, making 16 Ibs. 3 oz. in a week, and averag- 

 ing 1 Ib. of butter from less than 15 Ibs. of milk, for the whole time. 



"This heifer is not yet in full flow, and we are confident will make a very 

 much higher record. We have a son of this heifer, now a little over one year 

 old, a prize winner at the last New York State Fair, whose thirty nearest female 

 ancestors, counting this heifer as a two-year-old, have butter records which 

 average for the whole number 20 Ibs. 4 oz. in a week, and milk records which 

 average over 16,000 Ibs. in a year. This is including every animal that has ever 

 been imported to or bred in America. 



"And now, just one word to show the importance of having animals whose 

 ancestors on both sides, and for the entire number, are highly bred for the pro- 

 ducts desired. We will mention that we tested, a short time since, three 

 heifers which we bought some time ago. They were sired by one of our best 

 bred bulls equally as well bred as those named above but the ancestors on 

 the dam's side had never been tested for butter, and consequently their quali- 

 ties for this product were not known. 



"These three heifers, tested under the same conditions as the two-year- 

 old named above, made as follows: One of them, 7 Ibs. 3^ oz. of butter in a 

 week ; another, 6 Ibs. 15 oz. of butter in a week, and another, 7 Ibs. 14 oz. of 

 butter in a week. 



" It will be seen that while they are as well bred for butter on one side, 



