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given to the Secretary within seven days after the record has com- 

 menced, to give due time for tlic arrangement of tlie Inspector's visit. 



6. No record can be accepted unless the cow is safely in calf 

 within five months from the date of the record commenced. 



7. Should the owner or the Inspector be dissatisfied with the 

 milk record or butterfat test at the time of the Inspector's visit, an 

 extra visit may be made at the owner's expense. 



8. The Inspector shall not be required to give more than one 

 day's notice of his visit. 



9. In order to place heifers and young cows on an ecpial basis 

 with mature cows, an animal commencing her record at two years old 

 or under shall be required to produce within the lactation period 

 6,000 pounds of milk or 250.5 pound's of butterfat. For each day the 

 animal is over two years 3.65 pounds of milk and one-tenth of a 

 pound of butterfat shall be added; this ratio to continue until the 

 animal is 5 years old, when the required' amount will have reached 

 10,000 pounds of milk or 360 pounds of butterfat. 



10. All cows must be in view of the Inspector when being 

 milked, and not more than ten cows shall be tested from one herd in 

 one day. 



11. The owner will be required to pay half the expenses of each 

 visit, the moiety due to the Society will be collected by the Secre- 

 tary after the third visit of the Inspector. 



12. Should any questions or dispute arise not provided for in 

 the foregoing rules, the decision of the Sub-Committee shall be final. 



It is seen that the owner keeps daily milk records as with 

 the American test, but according to Rule 2 an inspector must 

 visit the farm at least every two months, while monthly visits 

 are required in the case of American records. The results of 

 these tests to date follow : 



Year 1912. 



Fat quali- 



A. R. Pounds Pounds Weeks fication for 



No. Name and Number milk fat in milk 52 weeks 



1 Bilberrv III 4701 8,578 411.7 51 360 



2 Rowanberry 4978 7.993 367.6 50 360 



3 Trusty III 5341 7,672 337.5 42 360 



4 Lady No. 88 5514 8.139 398,8 35 360 



5 Woodruff II 5706 6.001 318 42 360 



6 Coldstream II 6154 9,121 460.6 46 360 



7 Violet des Jaonnets 6388 8.497 433.3 46 360 



8 Lady Flora III 6575 8,057 459.2 40 360 



9 Haves Nellie IV 6905 8.884 342 46 360 



10 Ladock Pride 6941 9.749 545.9 46 360 



11 Wickham Fancy II 7133 9.833 462.1 45 360 



12 Wickham Puppy 7135 8.153 399.4 47 360 



13 Bryde 7177 8.342 350.3 46 360 



14 Fanny I of the Vauxbelets 7254. 8.495 399.2 38 360 



15 Hale Charm 7287 6,590 313 50 327.5 



16 Ladock Princess 7333 10,737 418,7 41 360 



17 Lady Jebbe I 7341 4.966 263 47 343 5 



18 Golden Cloud III 7366 6,799 390.9 44 329.3 



19 Ribes II 7439 6.839 341.9 52 347 



20 Rosey XI 7456 7.403 384.9 45 339.7 



21 Woodruff V 7517 7.277 429.3 47 355 7 



22 Bilberry VII 7541 5.225 344 8 48 313 



23 Dewdrop II of the Park 7609.... 7,249 355.2 41 360 



24 Itchen Cowslip 7687 5,148 281 45 309.7 



25 Mahy's Moss Rose 11 7750 7,638 420 41 340.8 



26 Merton Gentle II 7769 4,697 314.6 52 296 



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