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and butter, and came in second in the amount of milk required for a pound of 

 butter. Her yield was 2 Ibs. 9 oz. The Holstein cow showed a pound of butter 

 to 17f Ibs. of milk, and the grade a pound of butter to 19 Ibs. of milk. 



At the New York .State Fair of 1890, a very interesting competition for a 

 special butter prize of $100 for four cows of .any breed, three days' milking, 

 resulted in a victory for the Guernseys, with a yield of 7 Ibs. of finished butter. 

 The Holsteins followed with a yield of 6 Ibs. 11 oz., and the Jerseys with a yield 

 of 5 Ibs. 9 oz. In depth of color of the butter the Guernsey came first, two 

 Holsteins held second and third, and the Jersey fourth place. Finding that 

 the difference in the weight of the butter was very slight, the committee 

 decided to submit four samples to the expert judge, to be uninformed as to the 

 breed of cows that made either lot of butter, and to award the prize to the 

 herd whose butter was pronounced the best in quality. As a result, the judge 

 selected Henry Stevens & Sons' Holstein-Friesian butter, pronouncing it best 

 in quality, grain, flavoring, color, etc. The butter was made by W. H. Gilbert, 

 a Jersey breeder and expert butter maker, and instructor at the New York 

 State Dairy Schools. 



Imported. 



DE SCHOTT, No. 5001 H. H. B., AND TWIN CALVES. 

 Milk record, 82 Ibs. 4 oz. in one day. Butter record, 23 Ibs. 8 oz. in one day. 



The test for milk cows at the Nebraska State Fair for 1892 was another 

 victory for the Holsteins. There were four Holsteins and one Shorthorn in the 

 test. The official report shows the Holstein-Friesian Empress Josephine 3d to 

 be a winner, on a yield of 3.31 Ibs. of butter fat; total value of the product, 

 including the skim-milk, was 98 cents. Second prize was awarded to the Hol- 

 stein-Friesian Geertje Seffinga. on a yield of 2.67 Ibs. of butter fat; total value 

 of the product, 80 cents. The Shorthorn yield was 1.56 Ibs. butter; total value, 

 45 cents. This was a two-days' test. 



The Indiana State Fair of 1892 had a competition for the best butter cow, 

 of any age or breed, to be tested by two milkings by the Babcock tester. The 

 first prize went to a Jersey cow showing 1.79 Ibs. of butter fat from 37.5 Ibs. of 

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