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milk, and the second prize to cow of the same breed showing 1.34 Ibs. butter fat 

 from 28.75 Ibs. of milk. The third highest yield was a Holstein showing 1.25 

 Ibs. of butter fat from 43 Ibs. of milk. The yield of milk by the Holsteins in 

 this case seems to be a very small one, varying from 29 Ibs. to 43 Ibs. 



Prominent announcement was made in 1892 of the fact that the Ohio State 

 Board of Agriculture would send a competent man to make tests of dairy cows 

 on owners' farms under the most favorable conditions for the best performance 

 of the animals. Entries in this test to be exhibited in the ring at the state fair 

 and there the results announced. Professor Hickman of the State University 

 was the official tester. Five Red Polled cows were tested, and one Holstein, 

 Lady of Lyons 4th, and to the latter was awarded the first premium for the 

 largest amount of butter fat, also first premium for the largest amount of solids 

 not including fat, and the sweepstakes for most milk, most fat and most solids 

 were also awarded this cow. Yields being as follows: Butter fat, 4.74; solids 

 not fat, 9.46; total solids, 14.20. Mr. J. McLain Smith commented as follows: 

 "The new Ohio milk test just closed is a great disappointment in the number of 

 entries, but is very creditable in the record made. The first prize cow, Lady of 

 Lyons 4th, is far and away the best cow ever tested in the state, and the aver- 

 age of all the cows and yields of fat is much above that of any former test in 

 the state, or in the official test reported last year. The most conspicuous feature 

 of the test, however, is the entire lack of the breed that it was intended specially 

 to attract. Jersey breeders have objected to the ordinary fair ground tests, 

 because, as they claim, Jersey cows do not milk so well under the excitement of 

 change of scene and the crowd of people. In this new Ohio test the cows were 

 not subjected to this strain, but the trial was made at her home with the ordi- 

 nary conditions and with her usual attendants. It was made at any time the 

 owner might select. In addition to this the state board offered the largest 

 money prize ever hung up for a competition in this country, yet not a Jersey 

 cow in the state is found to face the music. There are very many owned in the 

 state that claim in private trials yields of butter far in excess of anything 

 likely to be made. The money prizes were liberal, the honor of success would 

 be great, why did they not appear ? There were no Guernseys, Ayrshires or 

 Shorthorns and their absence is much to be regretted, but it does not arouse so 

 much suspicion or so much comment, because they have not claimed so much. 

 There was only one Holstein-Friesian where there should have been ten or 

 twenty, but that one was enough to redeem the breed." 



The usual test at the Illinois State Fair of 1892, competitive among animals 

 of the same breed, was held with results which, had there been competition 

 between breeds, would have resulted favorably for the Holsteins. There were 

 three Holsteins over three years old, and three under three years old; ten Jer- 

 seys over three years old, and six under three years old; two Ayrshires over 

 three years old, and two under three years old; one Brown Swiss over three 

 years old, and one under. The yields of butter fat of the three Holsteins were: 

 Empress Josephine 3d, 1.696; Gold Leaf 2d, 1.509; Gerben, 1.289. The Holsteins 

 under three years old made 1.267, and .873, and .819 Ibs. of butter fat respect- 

 ively. In comparison with these records, the largest Jersey yield from cow 

 over three years old was 1.585, and the second largest yield, 1.502. The largest 

 Jersey record of cow under three years old was 1.077. The largest Ayrshire 

 yield by cow over three years old was .787, and from cow under three years 

 old, .64. The Brown Swiss made 1.137 and .536 respectively, for the three-year- 

 old and under three years old. 



A practical dairy test was given at the Kansas State Fair in 1892. The 

 cows entered consisted of four Jerseys, two Holsteins and three Shorthorns. 

 The grand sweepstakes for dairy purposes was awarded to the Holstein Empress 

 Josephine 3d, on a record of 65 Ibs. 1 oz. of milk, showing 2.625 Ibs. of butter. 

 The second prize was taken by a Jersey with a record of 1.633 Ibs. of butter. 

 The Holstein following third with a record of 1.646. The Shorthorn tests were 

 for two days, in order to compete for the special prizes offered by the Shorthorn 

 Breeders' Association. The winning yield was 2.819, and the next largest, 2.344. 



A full official report of a butter test at the Wisconsin State Fair of 1892 

 developed some very interesting facts. The winner of the sweepstakes for 

 producing the most butter fat during the time allotted was a Holstein cow, 

 Aaggie Beck, whose yield of milk was 44.5 Ibs., showing 1.56 Ibs. of butter fat. 

 The second prize was won by the Holstein Aaltje Salo, a four-year-old, whose 

 milk record was 38.3 Ibs., containing 1.23 Ibs. of butter fat. 



