160 The Guernsey Breed 



Pounds 



Month milk 



Tune, 1899 1,128 88 



Tuly, 1899 906.81 



August, 1899 855. R8 



September, 1899 8(10.00 



October, 1899 77iS.14 



Total 12,282.68 783.17 



IJIvita's recurcl is given with same details in the follow- 

 ing table: 



Record of Lilyita 7241. 



Pounds Per cent Pounds Remarks 



I\lontli milk fat fat 



November, 1898 313.63 7.3 22.89 



December, 1898 .... 874.14 5.9 51.57 Calved December 7th. 



January, 1899 1,477.38 5.3 78.30 In.spection samj.le, 4.95. 



February. 1899 1,479.50 5.0 73.98 Composite week's test, 5.28, 



March, 1899 1,437.94 5.4 77.65 Inspection samples, 4, 5.5. 



April, 1899 1.215.50 5.4 65.64 



May, 1899 1,270.75 5.55 70.53 Sample lost. 



Tune, 1899 1,238.25 5.7 70.58 3 days composite sample, 6.0. 



Inly, 1899 959.00 5.85 56.10 4 davs composite sample, 5.7. 



August, 1899 894.75 5.4 48.32 



September. 1899 839.75 5.7 47.87 



October, 1899 812 14 5.8 47.10 



Totals 12,812 73 710 53 



These records attracted the attention of the dairy reading 

 public thronghout the world, and people traveled from all 

 over the country to Oakfield to see Mr. Bierne's herd. The 

 contest was so successful that the club decided to continue it, 

 and two or three herds and some single cows were entered. 

 All shortly withdrew, howe\"er, except the herd of Geo. C. 

 Hill Sz Son, who, at Secretary Caldwell's suggestion, also dis- 

 continued work until the spring of 1900, except for the one 

 cow Gypsy of Racine 9639, that promised to make an excep- 

 tionally good record, which when completed was 11,247.5 

 pounds of milk, containing 611.4 lbs of fat. 



The second year's contest was started ,Ma\' 1, 1900. Dur- 

 ing this test a state official visited the farms every month 

 and weighed and tested a day's milk of each cow, the owner 

 keeping a record of the weights only. The records made in 

 this second year's competition were as follows: 



Home Butterfat Contest During Year Ending May 1, 1901, 

 Single Cows, 



b'.ite Pounds Per cent Pounds 



Name of cow and owner cahed Age milk fat fat 

 E, T, Gill. Haddonfield, N. T.— 



Cdenwood Girl VI 9113 3-24-1900 7 12,184 33 5,66 572.2 



Geo. r. Hill & Son, Rosendale. Wis. — 



Primrose's Tricksey 7246 1-14-1899 7 9,277,10 5 66 508 



Gypsy of Racine 9639 11-19-1899 10 7,879,10 5,53 432,8 



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