SPECIAL PRIZES OF 1889. 



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LIST OF COWS WINNING FIRST PREMIUM IN MILK TESTS AT STATE FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS OF 1889. 



The Association National Prize of a gold medal and $100 for the greatest 

 twenty-four-hour milk record at any State Fair or Exposition of 1889, was 

 awarded to F. C. Stevens, of Attica, N. Y., on his cow, Lutscke, 8356 H. H. B., 

 record 73 Ibs. 12 oz. 



The Premium of $50 for the second best twenty-four-hour milk record made 

 at any State Fair or Exposition of 1889, was awarded to Messrs. Chas. Robinson 

 & Son, Barre Plains, Mass., on their cow, Mabel Douglass, 1109 H. H. B., rec- 

 ord 68 Ibs. 13 oz. 



LIST OF COWS WINNING FIRST PREMIUM IN BUTTER TESTS AT STATE FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS OF 1889. 



The Association National Prize of a Gold Medal and $100 for the greatest 

 twenty-four-hour butter record made at any State Fair or Exposition of 1889, 

 was awarded to F. C. Stevens, Attica, N. Y., on his cow, Tirannia, 6716 H. 

 H. B., record 3.12 Ibs. 



The Premium of $50 for the second best twenty-four-hour butter record 

 made at any State Fair or Exposition of 1889, was awarded to F. C. Stevens, 

 Attica, N. Y., on his cow, Alberta Abbekerk, 9579 H. H. B., record 2.62 Ibs. 



Mr. H. C. Palmer thus comments upon the dairy test of 1889 at Nebraska 

 State Fair : "The Nebraska State Board of Agriculture provided a committee 

 to conduct a public test of dairy breeds at our recent state fair. 



"The committee were practical dairymen, fully acquainted with and daily 

 using the methods employed in this test, one being secretary of the Nebraska 

 Dairymen's Association and another operating the largest creamery in the 

 state. The test was carefully conducted and furnishes an array of facts 

 perfectly reliable. 



"The committee desired to ascertain : 



