Records 



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during the earlier days of the breed in this country, were prob- 

 ably correct, but people naturally had little confidence in them. 

 In 1903 the " Register of Merit " was established and the rules 

 so changed as to require a verification of the yield, by means of 

 the Babcock test. The advanced records of Jerseys are now 

 being supervised by representatives of the Agricultural College 

 or Experiment Stations of the various states and, like the records 

 of the advanced registry of the Ilolstein and Guernsey, are as 



Fig. 32. — A champion Jersey heifer, eighteen months old. Cupid's Noble Fontaine. 

 (Owned by Geo. T. Slade, St. Paul, Minn.) 



nearly correct and free from error as can well be made. The 

 Jersey requirements for registry of merit are the same as the 

 Guernsey. 



Records.-^— Although the Jersey has been perfected until she 

 is a beautiful and affectionate animal, her production has not 

 been overlooked. As a breed the Jersey is a wonderfully econom- 

 ical and constant producer (Fig. 32). 



" The records of other breeds than the Jersey are sometimes 

 computed on the basis of butter eighty per cent fat, instead of 



