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This was a very creditable showing, especially in view of the 

 fact that the Shorthorns were not selected with the great pains 

 and expense that the Jerseys were and did' not represent as many 

 high-class dairy specimens as did the other breeds. Professor 

 James Long of England, who inspected the cows, reported on his 

 return home that in England they would not rank high as dairy 

 Shorthorns. In this test the cow Nora made 3679-8 pounds milk. 



Fig. 95. A fine example of a milking Shorthorn on an English pasture. From 

 photograph by the author 



yielding 160.57 pounds butter, and gained 115 pounds ; while the 

 Jersey cow Brown Bessie, which led this breed, made 3634 pounds 

 milk, yielding 216.66 pounds butter, and gained 81 pounds live 

 weight. In a thirty-day butter test at the Columbian 24 Short 

 horns made 15,618.3 pounds milk, yielding 662.66 pounds butter, 

 at a net profit of ^119.13. Both Jersey and Guernsey made less 

 milk, but more butter and a greater net profit. In this test the best 

 Shorthorn cow was Kitty Clay 4th. She produced 1592.8 pounds 

 milk, yielding 62.24 pounds butter, showing a net profit of ^19.57. 

 In a fourth test, of one week, six Shorthorn heifers under three 



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