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Here is the point I want to get at, that these bulls that have the large 

 amount of milk are the bulls that have the large amount of butter fat. They 

 travel hand in hand. Look for one and you will get the other. I have 

 taken the next bunch of bulls that have over four daughters that have 

 10,000 pounds of milk to their credit, and there are ten of them that 

 have five, two that have six, and two that have seven, and they immediately 

 drop off in large production. 



A comparison of native with Island-bred Jersey sires is of 



interest for the reason that American breeders are repeatedly 

 questioning the productive capacity of Island-bred stock. Mr. 

 John R. Sibley, a most successful Jersey breeder, has contributed 

 much interesting information on this subject.^ Based on register- 

 of-merit work, he gives the following two groups of each of the 

 ten leading sires of native and imported breeding. 



Leading Native Jersey Bulls to January i, 19 18 



In the list of eight gold-medal Jersey bulls up to November i, 

 1919, Hood Farm Torono leads with his ten highest-testing 

 daughters, averaging 8 1 1 pounds fat in a year. Pogis 99th of 

 Hood Farm comes second, his ten best daughters averaging 805 

 pounds fat, and Spermfield Owl, third, his ten best daughters 

 averaging 743 pounds fat. The remaining bulls in the list are 

 St. Mawes, The Imported Jap, Golden Glow's Chief, Royal Majesty, 

 and Oxford You'll Do. 



'^ Jersfv Bulletin y various issues, especially March and April, 1918. 



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