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rence says he considered her fully as good if not better than her 

 sister, Materna. 



She was an unusually good cow, and as a sample of her work, 

 will quote the following three successive years' work: 



1886-1887 342 davs 8,167 lbs. 10 oz. milk 



1887-1888 313 days 7,881 lbs. 1 oz. milk 



1888 283 d,iys 7,246 Ihs. 3 ciz. milk 



She milked well everj- year, and in the year October, 1892, to 

 September, 1893, 356 days, she gave 8,462 pounds 12 ounces milk, and 

 as Babcock tests were then being made in the herd for the first year, 

 she is credited with 381.66 pounds fat, average test 4.51 per cent fat. 



Best day's milk, April 10 and 11, 1888, 42 pounds 3 ounces each. 



April 19, 1888, milk 38 pounds 12 ounces churned made 2 pounds 

 5 ounces butter. 



Three days. May 14-16, 1887, 111 pounds 5 ounces milk churned 

 made 5 pounds 8 ounces butter. 



She died of milk fever in November, 1893. Her first calf, Ner- 

 issola, gave 7,617 pounds of milk in a year, and was dam of Moyra, 

 A. R. 632, 531.25 pounds fat, and she in turn dam of 



Pounds fat 



Beslj Farm Lady Veksa 22752, A. R, 1065, G 262.17 



Mary Sampson 16769, A. R 673, A 611.68 



Mistress Joe 14325, A. R. 535, B 493.74 



Rovana 16770. A. R. 1116, A 410.57 



Royana 16770, A. R. 1116, A. (re-test) 473.71 



Materna was born September 3, 1882, and was sired by Amber 

 145, as he was usually called, but note in back of Volume I of the 

 American Guernsey Cattle Club Herd Book says his rightful name 

 was Amber Cliief. 



This bull had at least 19 registered daughters, but little is known 

 of them except Laura 3d of Chateau that left many good descend- 

 ants in the herd of F. W. Tratt, Georgie 1181, who did the same for 

 I. J. Clapp's herd, and Bonnibell owned by W. D. Hoard and which 

 he valued very highly, and he often speaks of her. 



Amber 145 also sired Kalmia, the sire of GIen%vood Girl 2d. 



She made a very good record at Chicago in 1893, milking up to 

 42 pounds per day, and calving April Sth, was still milking 40 pounds 

 up to August 13th. She gave in 15 days of cheese test 598.2 pounds 

 milk. In 90 days butter test ending August 30th, she gave 3,511.8 

 pounds milk and 153.39 pounds fat. In 30 days test ending Septem- 

 ber 30th, she gave 1,058.4 pounds milk and 45.16 pounds fat. After 

 reaching home in October, 1893, she milked up to 25.9 pounds per day. 



Materna was also first prize Guernsey cow in World's Fair Show 

 ring in 1893. 



She dropped her first calf October 27, 1884, being then 25 months 

 old, and proved her greatness at once by milking over 30 pounds 

 most of December and January that winter, the best day being 30 

 pounds 12 ounces on January Sth. She was tested for seven milkings 

 February 25th to 28th, and gave 83 pounds 11 ounces of milk and 

 made 4 pounds 1 ounce of butter. 



Her records for her life time will, 1 think, be of interest: 



1884-1885 385 days 8,895 pounds 10 ounces milk, 



1886 262 days 6,935 pounds 8 ounces mdk. 



1887-1888 594 days 14,309 pounds 11 ounces milk. 



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