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one were entered from Minnesota. The longest distance traveled was less than 

 100 miles. All of the Holsteins entered were from Iowa, and were on board 

 cars not less than twenty-four hours. It will be noted that the eight Jersey 

 cows made a total of 6.15 Ibs. of butter from one day's milk, while the seven 

 Holsteins made a total of 10.035 Ibs. of butter from one day's milk. Accepting 

 Mr. Hoard's theory, a large allowance would have to be made for the extreme 

 nervous character of the Jersey breed. 



At the Iowa State Fair of 1886 occurred another victory for the Holsteins. 

 There were only two entries a Jersey cow from the herd of Richardson Bros., 

 of Davenport, la., and a Holstein cow from the Home Farm Company, of Hamp- 

 ton, la. The Holstein cow was loaded at Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon, 

 and was not unloaded until reaching Des Moines on Monday evening. Messrs. 

 Richardson had their cow on the grounds a week previous to the test, which 

 commenced on Tuesday morning. The report of the judge, Mr. C. E. Frink, 

 shows that the Holstein cow made in three days 4.51 Ibs. of butter, while the 

 Jersey succeeded in making in the same period 1.13 Ibs. of butter, and was then 

 withdrawn, presumably to recuperate from the unusually heavy strain upon 

 her nervous energy. 



An interesting dairy test was held at the West Virginia State Fair, also in 

 the fall of 1886. The entries at the start embraced seven aged cows and four 

 two-year-olds from three different breeds. Of the eleven head all but two were 

 Holsteins, the others being Red Polled and Jerseys. The results show that the 

 contest was a close one and that not a cow in the lot failed to do credit to her 

 breed. The testers were directed to make the awards to the cows furnishing 

 the greatest quantity of cream, a fact which prevented the award in all cases 

 accompanying the highest percentage of cream. The management of the test 

 was in the hands of P. L. Kimball of the Vermont Farm and Machine Co., in 

 whose dairy apparatus the milk was set and to Mr. Kimball is due the accuracy 

 with which the many details were kept in hand. The cows and pails were 

 numbered and when the work was finished Mr. Kimball and his assistant had 

 to be furnished a key before they could tell which cows were victorious. 



The winner of the first prize, aged class, was Nora of Oatfield, a four-year- 

 old Holstein whose yield of milk was 83.3 pounds showing a percentage of 

 17.45 cream. The second prize was awarded to the three-year-old cow Princess 

 of Lunenburg upon a yield of 70.10 Ibs. of milk showing 17.75 per cent cream. 

 In the class of two-year-olds the first prize was won by Isidore, a Jersey with a 

 yield of 62.10 Ibs. of milk showing 17.64 per cent cream. The second prize 

 went to a Holstein, Durkje V of Ohio, upon a yield of 66.9 Ibs. of milk containing 

 15.52 per cent cream. 



The year 1887 marks an era in the history of public competitions among 

 dairy cattle breeders. In the middle of February of that year a number of 

 gentlemen interested in dairy cattle met in New York and arranged for a dairy 

 show to be held at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, May 10 to 14. 

 They guaranteed a fund of $20,000 and decided to offer premiums for all dairy 

 breeds and also dairy products. Mr. Edward Burnett was the president, Mr. 

 John I. Holly represented the Jersey cattle, Mr. E. F. Bowditch the Guernseys, 

 Francis H. Appletpn represented Ayrshires, and the Hon. Gerrit Smith Miller 

 the Holstein-Friesians. These gentlemen fulfilled the duties of their several 

 offices successfully and called out an exhibition of dairy cattle that had never 

 before been equalled in point of numbers or high quality. With the cattle 

 themselves we have but little to do at this time. Sixteen animals were entered 

 in this test and twelve actually competed, of which five were Jerseys, one 

 Guernsey and six Holstein-Friesians, the prize being a sweepstakes for the best 

 butter cow of any breed, the one producing the largest quantity of butter 

 during twenty-four consecutive hours. The details of the test are indeed 

 meagre, in comparison with the tests of the present day. It will be seen that 

 it was won by a cow from a family which has since become world famous and 

 highly esteemed as a butter producing family. 



AMOUNT OF BUTTER. FAT. 



Clothilde (Holstein), . 2 Ibs. 7 1-2 oz. 77.55 



Clothilde 4th (Holstein) . . 2 1-4 81.51 



Gold Lace (Jersey) . . 1 141-3 8452 



Jessie L. Manor (Guernsey), . . 1 14 1-2 84 05 



Mechtchilde (Holstein), . . 1 14 76.75 



Lady Fay (Holstein), . . 1 10 1-2 81 98 



Hilda H. 3d (Jersey), ....... .1 93-4 78.33 



I. Chrissie (Jersey), ....... . . 1 83-4 83.65 



Mooike 3d (Holstein), 123-4 82 98 



