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A test of dairy cows at the Detroit Exposition of 1889 was conducted by 

 Mark R. Seeley, of Farmington, Mich. None but Holstein-Friesian cows were 

 entered, and the yields of butter in the twenty- four hours test were as follows : 

 Alberta Abbekerk, 2 Ibs. 3|- oz.; Mechtchilde, 2 Ibs. 1 oz.; Parthenea, 2 Ibs. 1 oz.; 

 Tirania, 1 Ib. 13i oz. 



The result of the butter test at the American Fat Stock and Dairy Show, 

 held in Chicago in 1889, was a substantial victory for the Holstein breed. By 

 the terms of the prize list, the test was open to all recognized recorded breeds 

 of cattle to be judged by the milk productpf three successive milkings, the value 

 of the milk to be estimated from the weight and tested butter qualities. Jer- 

 seys, Holsteins and Ayrshires were entered in the competition. The Holsteins 

 gained first and second place, the winners being two of the best known cows 

 of the breed with unusual records for show-yard winnings. The first prize 

 went to May Overton, whose yield of milk was 65 Ibs. 7 oz., containing 36.12 

 oz. of butter fat, a percentage of 3.45, and total yield of solids 120.02 pz. The 

 second prize went to Schuiling, whose yield was 57 Ibs. 13 oz. of milk, con- 

 taining 22.66 oz. of butter fat, a percentage of 2.45, and total solids of 91.21 

 oz. An Ayrshire cow won third prize with a yield of 32 Ibs. 9^ oz. of milk, show- 

 ing 21. 54 oz. of butter fat, a percentage of 4.13, and total solids of 64.77 oz. The 

 percentage of fat in the milk of the three Holstein cows averaged 3.17, with, a 

 difference of 1.00; of the Ayrshire, 4.04, with a difference of .18; of the Jer- 

 sey, 5.26, with a difference of 1.75 per cent between the highest and lowest, 

 extreme difference being 3.65 per cent. The milk of the Holstein cow, Schuil- 

 ing was low in per cent of fat and total solids, although the large yield of milk 

 made the total amount of fat greater than that produced by any other of the 

 lot except one. 



At the Minnesota State Fair of 1889 Holstein-Friesian cows won the two 

 highest prizes with the following yields: Pet Texelaar 2d, 66| Ibs. of milk, of 

 3.17 per cent butter fat, yielding 2.12 Ibs. of butter. Nudine Abbekirk. 58^ Ibs. 

 of milk, 3.65 per cent fat, yielding 1.97 Ibs. of butter. The dairy sweepstakes 

 for best herd of dairy cattle in the state was also awarded to a Holstein-Friesian 

 herd, in competition with Brown-Swiss and Jerseys, and the first prize for best 

 cow of dairy breed, as also first prize for best herd of dairy cattle owned by one 

 individual or firm was awarded to the Home Farm Company's animals, a very 

 superior herd of Holsteins. 



DE RUITEE, No. 89 N. H. B. 



