HOLLAND. 



511 



DUTCH MILCH COWS. 



Extracts from, the milk Hat kept at the Badhoeve {Bath farm) in the lake of Haarlem, Hol- 

 land. 



[The milk was weighed every Saturday.] 



rilODUCT FEOM TUB COW WOUTJE. 



The Wout je was borii in May, 1875, and boiigLt when a calf at the market in Le.v- 

 (leu, South Holland. Tho following is lier milk record for six years, viz, 1878-'S3: 



Tear. 



Millting 

 weeks. 



Totnl. 

 yield. 



1878 (April to November) 



1879 (March to Kovombor) 



188(1 (Mareh to Dfconibcr) 



3881 (Jaouary in February, July to December) . 



1882 (January 1o Sex>tembrr) 



tS8J (Februaiy to Ootobor) 



Kilos.* 

 2,700 

 ;i, 594 

 4,571 

 3, 423 



4,441 



* Every kilogram of milk may l)e considered a liter. 

 n'ovtje's calves.* 



* Figures in ( ) represent Nos. of animals in ilr. AmerSfoordt's lieid-book. 

 riJODUCT FROM COW SDZETTE. 



This cow was calved in tho Lake of Haarlem March 12, 1871. Nothing further is 

 known of her antecedents than that she came of Dutch breed. Tlie record shows that 

 the Suzette had her first calf February 20, 1874, and her subsequent calves on May 8, 

 1875; May 14, 1876 ; Mav 20, 1877 (no calf in 1878) ; March 20, 187'J. The Suzette was 

 sold, dry, on April 20, 1880. 



Milk record for seven years. 



Year. 



1874 (February to December) 



1875 (.January, May to December) 



1870 (January to February, May to December) 



1 877 (January, April to December) 



1878 (Januaiy to Decemher) 



1879 (April to December) 



1880 (January to March) 



Total 

 yield. 



Kilos. 

 4,027 

 4,802 

 .5,124 

 5, 271 



3, 980 



4, 578 ■ 

 980 



