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Group I. comprised all the cows that were blocky and 

 plump in contour and had a strong tendency to lay on flesh. 



Group 11. were of a modified beef type and had less ten- 

 dency to lay on flesh. 



Group III. were spare and angular and lacked in depth of 

 body. 



Group IV. comprised all the cows in the herd that were 

 spare, angular and deep bodied. 



Group I. charged on an average of 17^ cents worth of feed 

 for every pound of butter, required on an average of 31^ 

 pounds of dry matter for one pound of butter, and yielded 

 3.2 pounds of butter from 100 pounds of dry matter. 



BECK LEY. 



Group II.— Cows Having Less Tendency to Lay on Flesh. 









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f* 



^'C^ 



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COW. 



Weight. 



Breed. 









WO 



la 











0:5: 



5"^ 



1=3^ 



p — 

 o 











1 -3 



^-bc:^ 

















Cents . 



Beckley 



942 



Gr. Jersey.... 



25.15 



25.08 



3.98 



14.3 



Clara 



009 



" •' 



21.16 



31.05 



3.22 



17.8 



Reddie 



1027 



" Guernsey 

 " Jersey.... 



21 02 



24 44 



4 09 



13 8 



Rossie 



90:{ 



16 75 



25.12 



3.98 



14.6 



Average 



945 





21 02 



26.42 



3.82 



15.1 



Group II., comprising the cows in the herd that are only 

 medium in flesh from habit, being quite smooth and rounding 



