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CATTLE 



The Register of Production of Brown Swiss cattle was established 

 in the year 191 1 . " If the test commences with a cow the day she 

 is two years and six months old, or previous to that time, she shall 

 produce not less than 6000 pounds. For each day the animal is 

 over two years and six months old at the beginning of the test, 

 2.35 pounds of milk shall be added to the required amount. This 

 ratio shall apply until the animal is six years old, when it will have 



reached 9000, which 

 shall be the required 

 amount for all mature 

 cows." In butter fat 

 222 pounds is the 

 standard for the cow 

 two and one-half years 

 old, with an addition 

 of .09 pound of fat 

 daily until she is six, 

 when 337 pounds be- 

 comes the standard for 

 all mature cows. There 

 are five age classes for 

 tested cows : two, three, 

 four, five, and mature. Bulls are in two classes : A, with two 

 accepted daughters from different dams, each bull scaling at least 

 80 points ; and B, without being scaled but with four accepted 

 daughters from different dams. The following are the ten most 

 notable records in the Register of Production, to January i, 191 8 : 



Fig. 210. McAIpine, a prize-winning Brown Swiss 



cow owned by the late E. M. Barton, Hinsdale, 



Illinois. From photograph by the author 



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