174 FARM ANIMALS 
Some Notas_e GuERNSEY ReEcorDS OF MILK AND BUTTER. 
Milk Butter fat 
Name of cow pounds pounds 
Miay Ralliart eae neers 19,673 1,073 
Spotswood Daisy Pearl --__-__--__---- 18,608 957 
Dairy Maid of Pinehurst _-_.___-__-__ 17,285 911 
Dolly Dimple oe 18,459 907 
Imp. Beauty of Park Farm ____---_-_- 14,687 899 
Yeksa Sunbeam’ «<.<-ssicccescsees sake 14,921 857 
Murne. Cowan. 2escss2ee22o3- pene 16,729 845 
Dolly Bloom ------------------------- 17,297 836 
7. Dairy cattle of the North Sea.—In the days of long 
ago the sturdy settlers of the North Sea held fast to the 
two races of black and white 
cattle that they had brought 
from the old lands they had 
left. The land was very rich 
in some places, and nutri- 
tious vegetation was found 
to thrivé luxuriantly. Much 
BE of this land is below the 
aS EO level of the sea and has been 
reclaimed to agricultural use by dikes which keep the 
waters of the sea in check. Being ardent lovers of cattle, 
it was natural that these pioneers should bring to high 
perfection a race of producers that would convert the 
abundant and nutritious provender of that land into dairy 
products of the highest excellence. 
Unlike the farmers of the Channel Islands, there were no nearby 
cities to quickly consume their dairy output if made into butter. 
And butter soon grows rancid, even if kept in cold storage. In the 
days of Holstein cattle development, cold storage was unknown. 
What were these people, then, to do? Make cheese. This they did; 
and cheese could be stored for many months until a market was 
secured or until they themselves had used up their stores for food. 
Since the casein as well as the fat is of great importance in cheese 
