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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 



"They sold their milk to the Onondaga County Milk Association, of Syra- 

 cuse, and received their pay a few days since for 8,839^ Ibs. of milk for each 

 cow. The herd averaged them $105.55 per cow. This was the amount sold, and 

 cash received. Besides this, the tables for two families for the year, and another 

 for three months, were supplied from the dairy, and three calves were raised. 



"During the year four cows which were not satisfactory were replaced by 

 better ones, which were fresh, but the total number of cows was kept at eigh- 

 teen. Had the milk used in the three families, and that fed to the calves, been 

 weighed, it would doubtless have shown an average of three times the amount 

 Commissioner Brown reports as the average yield for the cows of the state. 



"P. J. Schuyler, Esq., a neighbor who sold his milk to the same associa- 

 tion, has ten cows, eight of which are of the same breed, and nearly all repre- 

 senting one family, which averaged for 1888 10,449 Ibs. of milk, for which he 

 was paid $127 per cow, or $90 per cow above the average of the cows of the 

 state, according to the report of Commissioner Brown. 



"I recently called at the farm of G. L. Merril to see a fine grade Holstein- 

 Friesian cow, of which I had heard very favorable reports. 



COUNT AAGGIE CLOTHILDE, No. 16209 H. F. H. B. 



"His foreman informed me that she had dropped her calf about six weeks 

 ago, and had given since that date from 56 to 71 Ibs. of milk a day, the former 

 being the smallest, and the latter the largest daily yields. He also assured me 

 that by actual tests she was making over 2 Ibs. of butter per day. His wife 

 with pride brought out for our inspection a churning for one day, which she had 

 just finished working. It was as yellow as could be desired, without artificial 

 coloring, the grain was good, and the flavor superior. 



"Another neighbor recently had a grade cow, which, by actual weight, 

 gave in the months of January and February over 3,800 Ibs. of milk. 



"By the use of the very best class of bulls, and rearing only the calves from 

 our best cows, the production of our herds can be doubled in a very few years. 



"The greatest hindrance to success is the fact that the poorest class of 

 bulls, merely because they are a little cheaper, are used by most dairymen." 



A comparison of Holstein grades, Jerseys, Guernseys and their grades will 

 be of interest. 



While at the annual meeting of the New York State Dairymen's Association 

 at Ithaca in December, 1889, I was quite interested in Secretary Shull's descrip- 



