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pounds of milk in one year. Cows of this breed 

 have been reported as producing as much as 

 122% pounds of milk per day. At the St. Louis 

 Fair in 1904, fifteen Holstein-Friesian cows were 

 entered in competition with Jerseys and other 

 breeds. They were milked for 120 days and 

 averaged 53.4 pounds each day. Any good 

 Holstein-Friesian cow will produce six or seven 

 thousand pounds of milk each year if she is 

 given proper care and treatment. 



Guernsey. This breed has become exceed- 

 ingly popular within the last few years. Like 

 the Jersey, it derives its name from the island 

 on which the breed originated, which is another 

 of the islands in the British Channel. Mem- 

 bers of this breed have larger frames than the 

 Jerseys. They also have more vigorous con- 

 stitutions and average 1,050 pounds in weight. 

 They are good milkers and their milk is of a 

 superior quality which tests well. This breed 

 produces a butter fat which is distinctively 

 yellow. In fact, some of the butter produced 

 from the milk of Guernsey cows and exhibited 

 at a dairy convention was so yellow that it was 

 believed by the judges to contain coloring mat- 

 ter. The butter was accordingly analyzed and 

 found to be entirely free from such artificial 

 ingredients. The milk from this breed is splen- 

 didly adapted for city milk trade on account of 



