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over 10,000 pounds of milk in a year, the best-known record 

 previous to that time being that of Polly Puss 16296 in Pennsyl- 

 vania, of 12,632 pounds, official test. In 1885 the cow Duchess of 

 Smithfield 4256 created much favorable comment by producing 

 in a seven-day test 46 3| pounds of milk, from which was made 

 19 pounds 6 ounces of butter. Since the year 1900 very great 

 improvement in production has taken place with this breed, and 

 up to 1 9 19 eight mature cows and one three-year-old had made 

 official records of over 20,000 pounds of milk each. Following 

 are the ten leading official milk records previous to January i, 1919. 



Ten Leading Official Milk Records of Ayrshire Cows to 1919 



The Canadian cow Grandview Rose 40395, the first cow in 

 Canada to pass the 20,000-pound mark, has a record of 21,423 

 pounds of milk, placing her high in the above class. The ten 

 leading milk records in each class of the Advanced Registry 

 to March, 1919, range from an average of 21,741 pounds for 

 mature cows to 14,036 pounds for the junior two-year-olds — 

 an average for the best seventy cows of 15,779 pounds. One 

 senior two-year-old — Henderson's Dairy Gem 35176 — has to 

 her credit 17,974 pounds of milk. The greatest continuous pro- 

 ducer of the breed is Lily of Willowmoor 22269, she having in 

 five years produced a total of 84,991 pounds of milk — an average 

 of 16,991 pounds per year — and 3362 pounds of butter fat. 

 This is one of the most remarkable examples of Ayrshire milk 

 production on record up to 1919. 



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