112 BROWN SWISS 



late years the demand lias been so keen for breeding stock that the 

 government of Switzerland has felt it necessary to intervene to 

 prevent the sale of their best animals to outside buyers. 



Dairy Characteristics. — Since the Brown Swiss breeders 

 have so recently taken decided stand to produce high type single 

 purpose dairy animals it cannot be expected that the representa- 

 tives will be uniform in their dairy capacity. A goodly number 

 of individuals of the breed, however, have done reasonably well 

 (Fig. 41). One of the leading herds of the breed belonging to 

 E. M. Barton of Illinois is reported as having made yearly 

 records as follows : 



2 cows 12,000 to 13,000 pounds milk 



7 cows 11,000 to 12,000 pounds milk 



8 cows 10,000 to 11,000 pounds milk 

 4 cows 9,000 to 10,000 pounds milk 



10 cows 8,000 to 9,000 pounds milk 

 2 cows 7,000 to 8,000 pounds milk 



The highest amount of fat produced in one year was 513 

 pounds, while twenty-three showed a production of over 400 

 pounds. The Agricultural School of Plantahof, Fraubuender, 

 Switzerland, reported the following from their herd of fifty cows : 



1892 5782 pounds milk 



1893 5500 pounds milk 



1894 6117 pounds milk 



1895 6307 pounds milk 



1896 6252 pounds milk 



The average percentage of fat was 3.77 



F. IT. Mason, U. S. Consul at Zurich, reported 6000 cows 

 belonging to the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company at an 

 average of 5115 pounds milk with 3.68 per cent fat, or a pro- 

 duction of 188.23 pounds of fat per cow per year. 



The advanced registry for this breed, called Eegistry of 

 Production, was established in the year of 1911. The following 

 are a few of the official records made since that time : 



