A FEW REMARKABLE RECORDS OF 



PERFORMANCE 



Horses: Dan Patch paced one mile in 1.55^^ minutes. 

 Lett Dillon trotted one mile in i.58>^ minutes. 

 Salvator 4 ran one mile in 1.3 5 J^ minutes. 

 Whiskbroom 2d ran i}i miles in two minutes. 

 Heatherbloom made the high jump of 7 ft., 9 inches. 



Cattle: Tillie Alcartra, Holstein, gave 30,452 pounds of milk in one year, 1914. 

 (The average dairy cow of United States produces about 4,000 pounds per year). 

 Her present record is 16,7x2 quarts m one year (33,424 pounds milk). 



Sophia 19th, a Jersey, gave 17,558 pounds of milk in 1914. Her butter fat pro- 

 duction was 999 pounds. The average cow gives about 120 pounds a year. 



May Rilma, a Guernsey, produced 1073 41 pounds of butter fat, 1914. 



Raphaella Johanna Aaggie 3d, Holstein, holds official record 30,641.2 lbs. nulk. 



K. P. Pontiac Lass, an Holstein, produced 44.15 pounds of butter in one week. 



Jerry, a pure bred Holstein Friesian ox, is reported to have weighed 4,365 pounds. 



Poultry: Lady Eglantine, white leghorn hen, laid 314 eggs in a year. 



Lady Showyou, White Plymouth Rock, laid 281 eggs in one year. 



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