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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE. 



These scientific tests have awakened great interest not only among breeders 

 but among dairy scientists the world over.* 



There seems but one way to present this mass of testimony of Holstein vic- 

 tory, and that is to chronologically arrange and report each test in as full detail 

 as space will permit. 



The list of victories begins with the Minnesota State Fair at St. Paul in 

 September, 1886. 



Those who were fortunate enough to attend this fair will always recall with 

 pleasure the magnificent appearance of the three hundred dairy cattle upon 

 exhibition. It was a Holstein day, both in the general exhibition and the butter 

 tests. The Holstein herds, in a ring of fourteen dairy herds consisting of five 

 Jersey herds, one Ayrshire, one Swiss, and five Devons, were awarded first and 

 third prizes, while second place was taken by the Jerseys. The awards were 

 made by Hon. W. D. Hoard, editor of Hoard's Dairyman. 



The greatest interest centered in the premiums, first, second and third, that 

 were offered for cows from whose milk the most butter is made. Mr. D. W. 

 Curtis was the chairman of the committee conducting the tests. There were 

 eight Jerseys entered and tested, one grade Jersey and seven registered 

 Holsteins. 



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Imported. Milk record at three years old, 12,057 Ibs. 8 oz. in ten months. Butter record 

 31 Ibs. 7 oz, in seven days. 



The first prize went to the great cow Tritomia upon a yield of 2.393 Ibs. of 

 butter; 24.86 Ibs. of milk making one pound of butter. Second prize was 

 awarded to Eijaneta and the third to Mink. 



This test was the first of the year. A prominent Jersey breederf had sug- 

 gested competition of this sort. He hoped that "the Holstein men would not 

 show the white feather this fall, but would enter their cows against the Jerseys 

 in the butter tests to be made at the prominent Western fairs this fall, so that 

 a proper relative comparison could be made between the two." The editor of 

 Hoard's Dairyman said, in accounting for the test, "It should be borne in 

 mind that the Jerseys, owing to their extreme 'nervous character,' were pecu- 

 liarly affected both in milk-flow and richness by the excitement upon being on 

 exhibition." A slight investigation would have shown that all the Jerseys but 



*See tables at back of book. 



tV. E. Fuller. 



