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^50.52. A fair grade of Jersey milk will contain at least 4.5 per 

 cent fat and commonly averages more. 



The Jersey as a producer of quantity of milk, as a rule does not 

 stand high. However, many records show the ability of cows of 

 the breed to produce large quantities. It is not unusual for a 

 Jersey to produce 5000 pounds of milk a year. In the 90-day 

 test at the Columbian Exposition the 25 Jersey cows in the 

 trial, including sick ones, averaged 33 pounds of milk daily, 

 while in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition test the same number 

 of cows for the same period of time averaged 41I- pounds milk 

 per day. The latter is really a remarkable showing. 



Some notable milk records of Jerseys have been published, 

 among which are the following : 



Notable Private Jersey Milk Records 



Jersey milk for cheese making ranks very high. The demonstra- 

 tion at the World's Columbian Exposition made clear that milk 

 rich in butter fat made more valuable and better cheese than 

 milk inferior in butter fat. In the Exposition cheese test the 

 following records were secured in a 1 5 days' test : 



Jersey . . 

 Guernsey . 

 Shorthorn . 



Amount 

 Cheese 



1451.76 lb. 

 1130.62 " 

 1077.60 " 



«!i93-98 

 '35-22 

 140.14 



Amount Milk 



PER Pound 



Chbbse 



9.16 lb. 



9.67 " 



H.31 " 



