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years old competed with six Jersey heifers, the Shorthorns produc- 

 ing 2581 pounds milk, yielding 122.36 pounds butter, at a net 

 profit of $47.42 ; the Jerseys gave 3356.6 pounds milk, yielding 

 194.22 pounds butter and a net profit of $56.27. 



In 1901, at the Pan-American Exposition, between May i and 

 October 31, five Shorthorn cows produced a total of 1307.55 

 pounds churned butter, yielding a net profit of $164.77. This 

 gave the Shorthorn eighth place among ten breeds, although in 

 value of total solids these cows stood sixth, and in value of solids 

 and gain in live weight the Shorthorns ranked third. In 1904, 

 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, more satisfactory returns 

 were secured than from either of the other two tests. In a trial 

 of one hundred and twenty days, in which twenty Shorthorns were 

 carried entirely through, the cows made an average of 4421.6 

 pounds milk, 165.3 pounds butter fat, 382.7 pounds solids not fat, 

 and an average gain in weight during one hundred and fourteen 

 days of 105.3 pounds. 



Important milk records of Shorthorn cows demonstrate great 

 producing capacity. Rose of Glenside, long the milking champion 

 of the breed, produced 18,075 pounds of milk in a year. Doris 

 Clay, on January 22, 1917, finished a year's record of 17,241-2- 

 pounds of milk. Belle Clare, from January 26, 1910, to January 

 25, 191 1, produced 15,215 pounds of milk and in May averaged 

 nearly 60 pounds daily. There have been some remarkable records 

 extending through a period of years. Darlington Cranford 5th gave 

 over 100,000 pounds of milk in ten years. Dorothy, a daughter 

 of Darlington Cranford 4th, averaged 10,536 pounds of milk for 

 eleven years. Blossom 5th averaged 8,652.3 pounds for ten years. 

 Doris Clay dropped 10 calves in ten years and produced during 

 this period 70,856 pounds of milk. Mamie Clay 2d, beginning as 

 a two-year-old, made an average of 10,640 pounds of milk per 

 year for five years. Volumes I and II of the " Milking Shorthorn 

 Yearbook " contain the records of 427 cows of all ages, and these pro- 

 duced an average yield of 8823 pounds 9 ounces of milk. Vol- 

 ume IV for 1 9 19 contains 107 records, the greatest of which is of 

 14,001 .6 pounds of milk and 545 -44 pounds of fat by the cow Odette 

 (V 66 p 772) In recent years milking Shorthorns have greatly 

 increa'sed in popularit^^^^n^ ^th^OU|h^caref ul selective breeding 



