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Semi-Official Yearly or Lactation Records for Full Aged Cows 



No. Pounds Milk Pounds Fat 



Duchess Skylark Ormsby 124514 27,7U1.7 1205.09 



Finderne Pride Johanna Rue 121083 28,403.7 1176.47 



Finderne Holingen Fayne 144551 24,012.8 1116.05 



Banostine Belle De Kol 90441 27,404.4 1058.34 



Pontiac Clothilde De Kol 2nd 69991 25,318.0 1017.28 



High-lawn Hartog De Kol 84319 -25,592.5 998.34 



Colantha 4th's Johanna 48577 27,432.5 998.26 



Lothian Maggie De Kol 90209 27,967.6 990.80 



Maple Crest Pontiac Flora Hartog. .143950 25,106.3 986.11 



Crown Pontiac Josey 101812 28,752.3 982.23 



Itwillbenoted that all the. claims made for the cows in private 

 records have been equalled in recent years, so whether the earlier 

 reports were true or not it is evident that they could have been. 



The breed's future depends very much on what the men who 

 are now breeding the animal make it, and this in turn upon the 

 completeness of the ideal for the breed formed, held and followed 

 by the breeders. 



That there are now, inherited from the earlier workers, sev- 

 eral points aboiit the animal that need strengthening cannot be 

 gainsaid. A study of the animals as they are, reveals the fact 

 that a great many, even among the pure-bred herds, are. long 

 legged, high and " upstanding " with shallow body and indiffer- 

 ent udder. Such shovild be and are being eliminated but not fast 

 enough. Others are too compact in build, too beefy in type to be 

 economical producers. It is true that breeding to sons of ad- 

 vanced r^istry^ cows, tends to eliminate these two classes of 

 undesirable animals. It has often led into another error, less 

 vital yet worthy of consideration, and that is the sloping rumps 

 or rumpiness. Many animals possessing ugly shapes yet having 

 deep, strong bodies have made very satisfactory records. While 

 it is true that it is yield, not form, that should be first sought, it is 

 equally true that cows may be both good and good to the eye. 

 While the demand is keen for stock the bad rumps may pass, but 

 the calls of the near futiire will be for breeding stock from ad- 

 vanced Tegistry dams, which are also possessed of straight top 

 lines and well balanced udders. The wise breeder of the present 

 will plan to have the stock to meet the demands of the near future. 

 'Official advanced registry is designated by the letters, A. R. 0. 



