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of the notable milk and butter-fat records. In the Pan-American 

 daily test in 190 1 the 5 Brown Swiss cows stood third in total milk 

 solids produced, eighth in net profit in fat, and fourth in pounds 

 of milk produced, being surpassed in milk yield by the Holstein- 

 Friesian, Ayrshire, and Shorthorn respectively. In net profit in 

 the six-months test the highest rank attained by a Brown Swiss 



Fig. 209. College Bravura 2d, 2577, a Brown Swiss cow owned by the Michigan 



Agricultural College. She has an official record of 19,460.6 pounds of milk and 



798.16 pounds of fat, surpassing any other cow of the breed. From photograph, 



by courtesy of Michigan Agricultural College 



among 50 head of ten breeds was nineteenth, the cow Bell T. 

 showing a net profit of ^41.23 compared with ^59.21 for the cow 

 in first place, a Guernsey, Mary Marshall. At the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition in 1904, in the dairy-cattle test the Brown Swiss 

 averaged 42.2 pounds of milk daily, containing 1.6 pound fat, com- 

 pared with 33.77 pounds milk and 1.20 pound fat at the Pan- 

 American dairy test. The Louisiana Purchase cattle were, however, 



quite superior individuals to those in the Pan-American test. 

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