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profitable fat production, the Guernsey leading. In the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition the Jersey surpassed the Holstein-Friesian 

 and Brown Swiss in butter and cost of production, the aver- 

 age cost per pound being io|^ cents for the Jersey, 13^ cents for 

 the Holstein, and I4f cents for the Brown Swiss. In ninety 

 days in this test the Jersey cow Loretta D. 14 1708 produced 

 280.16 pounds butter fat, which returned a net profit of ^50.52. 



Fig. 141. Oxford Majesty 134090 (imp.) at twelve years of age. A remarkably 

 prepotent sire of great show cows. Owned by A. K. Heath, Creamery, Pennsyl- 

 vania. From photograph, by courtesy of Mr. Heath 



Authenticated butter-fat tests of Jersey cows were given 

 indorsement on May 6, 1903, by the American Jersey Cattle 

 Club, when what was designated a " Register of Merit " of Jersey 

 cattle was established. The purpose of this was to raise to a 

 higher standard the average excellence of the Jersey cow and to 

 secure additional authoritative and permanent record to which 

 reference could be made in the selection of breeding animals. 

 Cows are divided into three classes : A, A A, and B. A cow is 

 entitled to entry in Class A after producing in one year the 

 amount of butter fat or butter specified by the rules. A cow is 

 entitled to entry in Class AA provided she produces the required 



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