The Gueknsey Breed 183 



Herd No. 3 — Holsteins. Owner, Chas. Robinson & Son, Barre 



Plains, Mass. 



Conditions and treatment the same as in Nos. 1 and 2. 



MuriiinK 



Pounds of milk 108.6 



Pounds of cream 22.4 



Time of separating, minutes 30 



Temperature of milk, degrees 86 



About 20 per cent of warm water was added to the morning's 

 milk before it was passed tlimugh the separator: proihiet of unsalted, 

 nnworked bntter, 7 ponnds 7 ounees; .S oiinees salt added; product 

 of finished butter, 6 pounds 11 ounces: ratio, 32.57 pounds milk to 1 

 pound butter. Quality fine, but oi b.^hter color than any of the four 

 products. 



Herd Record. 

 Register Weight Age Days in l.)ays in 



Name numtier pounds years milk gestation 



Tirania 6716 1.294 7 56 None 



Mechthilde 6718 1,540 7 147 56 



Lutscke 8356 1,410 8 28 None 



Cliristabel 1247 1.310 lU 56 None 



Herd No. 4 — Holsteins. Owner, Henry Stevens, Laconia, N. Y. 



Morning .Voon I'^vening Totals 



Pounds of milk 104.7 42 11 53.1 207.3 



Pounds of cream 17 9 10.5 9,14 37.12 



Time of separating, minutes 22 10.5 11 43.5 



Temperature of milk, degrees 89 90 90 



Same conditions and treatment as the foregoing, except there was 

 no warm water added to the morning's milk before separating it. 

 Product of unsalted, unworked butter, S pounds 6 ounces; salt added, 

 9 ounces; product of finished butter, 6 pound's 4 ounces. Ratio, 33.15 

 pounds milk to 1 pound butter. Quality of butter very fine and in 

 color \-er}' nearly up to the Jersey product. 



Herd Record. 



Register Weight 



Name numher pounds 



Inka 222 1,136 



Inka VI 7968 1,094 



Inka Princess 7970 1,014 



Maggie Keys 1743 1.0'i4 



It will be seen that Mr. M(jrton's Gtiernsey.s had been in 

 milk an average of 83 days each ; the best herd of Flolsteins, 

 72 days each. Those were the days of the large weekly btit- 

 ter records, and it is of interest to note that the two cows, 

 Tirania and Mechthilde, of ]\'Iessrs. Robinson's herd were 

 credited with private records of 39 pounds 10. ,t ounces and 36 

 pounds 11 ounces, respectively, in seven da^'s, while none of 

 the Guernsey cows have published records. It was revela- 

 tions such as these that deterred Guernsey breeders from mak- 

 ing private butter tests a,gainst such questionable competi- 

 tion. Writers of those days often said there was no evidence 

 of the Guernseys being good producers, simply because 

 Guernsey breeders did not take kindly to the weekly butter 

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