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The Holstein Association admits to advanced registry 

 by official test on the seven-day record of the cow. If 

 the cow quahfies in the seven-day test, she may be run 

 for the year, and the year's record will be published. The 

 Jersey Association admits cows to the advanced register 

 by either official seven-day test, or by the yearly semi- 

 official test. The Ayrshire and the Brown Swiss Associa- 

 tions admit cows to advanced register by the yearly semi- 

 official test only, but they may be admitted on either 

 their milk or their butter-fat production. The Guernsey 

 Cattle Club admits cows to advanced registry by semi- 

 official test only, and on the year's butter-fat record only. 



Advanced registry systems have served to stimulate 

 competition among different breeds of cattle, and as a re- 

 sult some very remarkable records have been made. Not 

 many years ago the idea that a cow could produce more 

 than looo pounds of butter in 12 months seemed pre- 



Fig. 97. — Guernsey cow. 



