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ter. She is giving at the present time thirty pounds of milk per 

 day. Her average test is about 4.7 per cent. 



Tessin gave during the last twelve months 9,400 pounds 

 of milk and an equivalent to 594 pounds of butter. Her average 

 test is about 4.8 per cent. 



McAlpin during the last twelve months has made 10,886 

 pounds of milk and 583 pounds of butter. 



Sallie B. produced a big, strong bull calf February 20th, 

 1905. During that milking period she gave 8,345 pounds of 

 milk and 450 pounds of butter. On January 6th, 1906, she 

 produced another bull calf weighing 120 pounds, and is today 

 producing over forty pounds of milk per day. I sold her 1905 

 calf at eight months of age for $125.00. 



' Florin of River Meadow during an official test gave seventy- 

 two pounds of milk in one day and twenty-three pounds of butter 

 in seven days. 



Brienz's official record of 11 2-3 pounds of butter and 245 

 pounds of milk in three days was considered a very remarkable 

 performance. 



The Royal Academy at Poppeladorf, Germany, made a se- 

 lection of Swiss cows for a test in the years 1900 and 1901. 

 The results for the first year were as follows : 



Pounds , Pounds Pounds 



of of of 



Milk. Fat. Butter 



No. 1 , 16,539.95 609.79 717.80 



No. 2 15,601.59 531.58 625.39 



No. 3 11,157.59 396.74 466.75 



No. 4 10,750.42 354.56 417.13 



No. 5 13,545.66 459.39 540.46 



No. 6 11,135.35 424.46 499.36 



No. 7 13,838.12 460.34 541.58 



No. 8 10,168.89 318.34 374.52 



No. 9 12,142.85 456.44 536.99 



No. 10 12,411.62 446.61 542.42 



Total 127,292.04 4,458.25 5,262.40 



Average per cow 12,729.20 445.82 526.24 



Average per cow, second year 11,927.84 437.55 514.76 



