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in form, but not as plump as those in Group I., charged on au 

 average of 15.1 cents for a pound of butter, and required 

 nearly 26^ pounds of dry matter for a pound of butter. The 

 cows in this group were not nearly as heavy as those in Group 

 I., though they were quite as tall; Group I. averaging 1240 

 pounds, while those in Group II averaged 945 pounds. 



BETTIE. 



Group III.— Cows Spare and Angular in Form, but Lacking Deptii. 



COW. 



Weisht. 



Breed. 



lis 









2 2 



US 



: o 



Jennie 



Bettie 



Olive 



1020 

 802 

 b05 



Gr. Holstein 

 Guernsey 

 Gr. Guernsey 



22.09 

 23.33 

 23.59 



38.58 

 24.30 

 23.75 



3.49 

 4.12 

 4.21 



16.6 

 13.8 

 13.4 









875 





23.00 



25. 54 



3.94 



14.6 











Group III., the spai-e cows lacking depth through the 

 middle of the body, required 25.54 pounds dry matter for a 

 pound of butter and charged for feed 14.6 cents. Group II. and 

 III. are fair representatives of a large majority of the cows 

 we find on the western farms; not being specially adapted 

 for any line of work; doing fairly well under favorable condi 



