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grass only from May 10th to September 10th. The rest of tlieir ex- 

 treme daily ration was eight quarts bran, one quart cottonseed meal, 

 one bushel corn ensilage and clover hay at night. Golden Horn's 

 Mary's test was after the first calf, April 17, 1895, to April 1, 1896; in 

 the meantime she dropped a calf, March 12, 1896." 



The society voted to Cdiitiiiue the work another year. 

 The results for the second year were as follows : First prize, 

 Imp. Beauty des Domaines 3d 4933, giving 535.39 pounds but- 

 ter; second prize, Mary Marshall 5604, with 511.25 pounds 

 l)Utter; third prize, Jessie II. 4348, with 479.25 pounds butter. 

 The first named was owned 1))' II. W. Comfort, of Fallsing- 

 tnn, and the last named by b',zra Michener, Lumberville, Pa. 



In the fall of 1896 the writer, following the private yearly 

 fat records being made in several herds and noting the inter- 

 est and favorable comments in the agricultural press, wrote 

 a letter to the executive committee of the American Guernsey 

 Cattle Club, urging them to take up this work and offer some 

 prizes for the best records made in this way. At a meeting 

 iif the committee in Decemlier, 1896, they appointed Secretary 

 Caldwell and the author as a sub-committee to take the matter 

 under consideration and report at the next annual meeting, 

 which they did. The matter was freely discussed and a res- 

 olution was passed "that it is the sense of this meeting that 

 butter tests should be started and that the matter of conduct- 

 ing them should be left with the executive committee with 

 power to act." 



In U'ly the following rules were published ; 

 Butter Test for Guernsey Cattle. 



"The American Guernsey Cattle Club offers the following prem- 

 iums for the cows or herds of Guernseys making the three best rec- 

 ord's for butterfat for the year, under the conditions hereafter named. 



"For individual cows— $50, $30, $20. 



"For herds of five cows each, $100, $60, $40. 



"1. All animals competing must be registered in the herd regis- 

 ter of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. 



"2. The following entry fees shall be paid to the treasurer of 

 tlie club on receipt of notification from him that the animals named 

 will be accepted' for competition, but no animal or animals shall be 

 enrolled unless said fee is paid before the opening of the test. For 

 each cow, $5. For each herd entered, $15. 



"3. Each contestant shall be allowed to name seven animals 

 for the herd prize, the results to be determined from the records of 

 the five best animals. 



"4. These tests shall be under the supervision of the executive 

 committee of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, but any member 

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