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Mr. Kiihn of Degersheim, where 40 superior cows averaged 

 17 to 20 quarts of milk per day. In the Pan-American dairy 

 test in 1 90 1 the five Brown Swiss cows stood third in total 

 milk solids produced, eighth in net profit in fat, and fourth 

 in pounds of milk produced, being surpassed in milk yield by 

 the Holstein-Friesian, Ayrshire, and Shorthorn respectively. 

 In net profit in the six months' test the highest rank attained 

 by a Brown Swiss among fifty head of ten breeds was nineteenth, 

 the cow Bell T. showing a net profit of $41.23, compared with 



Fig. 146. An excellent type of Brown Swiss heifer as seen in Switzerland. 

 Photograph from McLaury & Son, Portlandville, New York 



$59.21 for the cow in first place, a Guernsey, Mary Marshall. 

 The late Major H. E. Alvord reports a Brown Swiss cow in 

 Massachusetts to have produced by accurately recorded weights 

 86,304 pounds of milk before twelve years of age, making from 

 500 to 610 pounds of butter per year for four years. The milk 

 is merely fair in per cent of fat, the average in tests of several 

 thousand head being 3.30 per cent. In Switzerland, where much 

 cheese is made from this milk, about twenty pounds are required 

 for one pound of cheese. 



The dairy test of the cow Brienz 168 is of special interest in 

 connection with this breed. In November, 1891, this cow, aged 



