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after the show was closed — was the discovery made that " the 



Jersey breeders had been caught napping" "All their best cows 



had been left at home " — a calamity not discovered until Clothilde 



had won the beautiful silver cup offered by the president of the 



American Jersey Cattle Club, on which had been engraved a 



beautiful Jersey heifer, in anticipation of a Jersey victory, and 



Clothilde fourth, a 3-year-old heifer, had beaten the best Jersey 



and Guernsey cow by 6 per cent., and Mechtilde had made 



within y 2 ounce of the same amount as the best of any other 



breed — and it was not until butter tests for lar^e prizes, large 



additional prizes being offered by the A. J. C. C, had been 



arranged for several of the state fairs, a majority of which, when 



they were contested for, being won by the black-and-white 



cows, that it was discovered that such public tests were not 



satisfactory. "Afterthought is better than forethought," and 



hence it has just occurred to a prominent association of Jersey 



breeders, " that tests made at fairs or other public shows do not 



furnish any true indications of the capacity of a dairy cow." 

 We will hastily refer to a few other records which have been 



verified by the superintendent of advanced registry and proven 



by sworn statements, which would establish their accuracy 



before any court of justice in this country: 



Aggie 2d made 304 pounds 5^ ounces of butter in ninety 

 days. 



Albino 2d, when 3 years old, made 106 pounds 14 ounces in 

 thirty days. 



Netherland Princess 4th, at 28 months old, made 21 pounds 

 103^ ounces in a week, and 80 pounds 6 ounces in thirty days. 



Not one of these records, if I am rightly informed has been 

 equalled by a cow of the same age for the same length of time. 



Comparison of larger numbers will give a more accurate 

 idea of a breed and hence we will quote from records of whole 

 herds: 



The Yeomans herd, with only about forty cows in milk, 

 report nine 2-year-olds which average 12 pounds 13^3 ounces 

 in a week; four 3-year-olds averaging 17 pounds 9^ ounces in 



