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the milk of evcr_\' purc-hred Guernsey in the herd, and have 

 eontinued to do so to the present. We began to keep yearly- 

 fat reeords in 1892. 



Yearly reeords of the Ellerslie herd, owned by Levi P. 

 Morton, were carefull}' kept : and under date of February 16, 

 1893, Superintendent' \Y. M. CuttrcU reported to Hoard's 

 Dairyman that the average yield per head for the 62 cows and 

 heifers that had had a year's work completed was 6,119.75 

 pounds of milk. The indixddiial records o\'er 6,000 pounds 

 milk were as follows: 



N.'imc of Animal Months in milk Pounds 



Passagere I 1528 12 10,316 



fiolilen Gvpsy 3672 13 9,102^^ 



Stately III 3702 10 S,6&7'A 



Cream Horn II 5663 12 X,398;i( 



Oood Morning 3674 12 8,321i4 



Rosette V 3696 12 8,295^ 



Sunlieam de la Porte 3703 8 8,252H 



Lady Bountiful 3649 12 8,014 



Duchess of Ellerslie 3666 12 7,803 34 



Rubina 3700 12 7,530^ 



Bretonne 3660 12 7,496 



Rose des Cotils II 3694 12 7,473;-2 



May Blossom 3687 12 7,278H 



Lily of OrauKe II 3684 W'A 7, 244^4 



Diss III 3664 12 7,133/2 



Miss Amy 504 11 6,963 34 



Margo 2d 3686 8 6,908^ 



La Mig-nonne 3676 SVj 6,964'/; 



Rosabella 3698 12 6,9074 



Oueen of Honor 2d 36^2 12 6,718V4 



Bienfaitrice TV 3657 10 6,464/2 



Bella Luce 2d 3655 llj^ 6,434 



Appoline 3651 12 6,398 



Rosy Cross 3662 10 6,424i4 



Rosaline III 3697 10 6,393 / 



Rose V of the King's Mills 3695 10 6,340 



Flocna VI 3670 11 6,302/ 



Belle of the Hill 2d 3656 13 6,239/ 



Essence 3667 10 6,211 



Fill Pail's r.arnet 3671 10 6,135 



Madeline 3.1 3685 R'i 6,16034 



Ruddy Lassie 3699 R'-j 6,129/ 



Mina" 3d 3699 12 6,074 



In August, 1893, the i\'Torton barn was unfortunately 

 destroyed i)y fire and only one cow of the original herd 

 escaped death. Records were again kept of the new herd, of 

 which the following is a list that includes every animal that 

 completed a year's work in 1806, and only such cows as did 

 complete such records are given : 



Yearly Records of the Ellerslie Herd, 1896-7. 



Average Total 



Age Pounds milk per cent pounds 



Name of animal years in one year butter-fat butter-fat 



Imp. Bretonne 3660 9 11,218.8 602.9 



Buda 7178 6 8,559.0 6.96 602.7 



Quibble 6017 6 10,548.0 5.8 545.3 



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