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FRENCH-CANADIAN 



though not always, have an orange or brownish line down the 

 back. The young stock is frequently of lighter color, showing 

 nearly a dark orange red. The calves of this breed are exceed- 

 ingly hardy and easy to raise, but slow in reaching maturity, but 

 like the Brown Swiss and other slowly developing breeds live 

 and breed to .an unusually old age. 



Dairy Characteristics. — As a breed, the French-Canadian 

 cow yields only a moderate amount of milk. Records, however, 



FiQ. 49. — The champion French-Canadian bull, Denis Lord, four years old. (Owned by 

 Experimental Farm, Quebec, Can.) 



of individuals in the herd best managed often show a milk pro- 

 duction of 5000 to 6000 pounds in a year and 10,767 has been 

 reported authoritatively. The quality of the milk ranks nearly 

 equal to that of the Guernsey, a test of 5 per cent being not at all 

 uncommon for the animals yielding a medium amount. 



The Advanced Registry, called Eecord of Performance, was 

 established in 1907. The best ten yearly records officially re- 

 ported up to April 1st, 1916, are as follows: 



