46 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I916. 



3. Of eligible bulls, as specified in paragraph 2, that bull 

 shall be adjudged, in each year, the winner of the American 

 Jersey Cattle Club's Maine Sires' Futurity Test Cup, which has 

 the highest total performance score to his credit. 



4. The total performance score of a bull shall be calculated 

 in the following manner : 



a. All heifers in the test will be graded in order of the total 

 pounds of butter fat produced in the seven days of the test, 

 after correction for exact age and stage of lactation, as set forth 

 in detail in the general rules of the Maine Sires' Futurity Test 



b. The corrected butter production (in pounds and tenths) 

 of each heifer shall be treated as follows in determining the 

 total performance score of her sire : 



1. The corrected butter fat production of the first or win- 

 ning heifer shall be multiplied by 5. 



2. The corrected butter fat production of the heifer having 

 the second highest record shall be multiplied by 4. 



3. The corrected butter fat production of the heifer having 

 the third highest record shall be multiplied by 3. 



4. The corrected butter fat production of all heifers finish- 

 ing fourth or lower in the test shall be multiplied by 1. 



5. No corrected butter fat production of less than 10 lb=;. 

 in the seven days shall be counted in any manner in making up 

 the total performance score of a bull. 



6. The sum of the figures, obtained in the above described 

 "manner, for all of the daughters properly entered and complet- 

 ing the test of any sire, shall constitute the Total Performance 

 Record of that sire. 



5. The name and registry number of each bull winning L'ie 

 cup, and the name of the owner of that bull at the time of his 

 entry into the Maine Jersey Sires' Futurity Test shall be en- 

 graved upon the cup. 



6. If any bull shall win the cup three times whether in suc- 

 cession or not, the cup shall then become the permanent prop- 

 erty of the owner of that sire ; provided, however, that the bull 

 shall be owned by the same person at the time of each such 

 winning. 



