310 THE BREEDS OF LIV E-STOCK 
349. Uses of French-Canadian cattle. — The French- 
Canadian is a strictly dairy breed. As yet, milk and butter 
records for the breed are not very numerous. Generally 
speaking, in quantity and quality of milk they resemble 
the Jersey. At the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 
Ontario, in 1903, a French-Canadian cow made more 
butter and gave a larger profit than any other pure-bred 
cow in the herd, including Ayrshires, Guernseys and 
Shorthorns. In 1904, 
in the same _ herd, 
three = French-Cana- 
dian cattle made more 
butter and gave a 
larger profit than the 
three best cows of any 
other breed, including 
Ayrshires, Guernseys 
TRencheGanedientaor and Shorthorns. The 
yearly product per cow 
of these three cows was 8340 pounds of milk, testing 4.52 
per cent, or 442.64 pounds of butter. The total yearly 
profit per cow above cost of feed was $56.24. In the 
Pan-American test, the five French-Canadian cows stood 
sixth in total profits from butter and gain in weight, but in 
percentage of profit on value of food, they led all breeds. 
A record of performance has been established in connec- 
tion with the breed, the first cow to qualify under the 
rules producing, in eleven months, 7488 pounds of milk, 
and 332.8 pounds of butter-fat. It will be seen, therefore, 
that the French-Canadian cow possesses dairy qualities 
of no mean character. 
The use of the French-Canadian bulls on native cows 
should be especially appropriate in the Northeast, where 
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