1920.] 



Breeding Dairy Cattle. 



658 



records of the herd of non-pedigree Dairy Shorthorns at the 

 University College Farm, Reading, may be interesting : — 



Date. 



Daughters. 



Grand-Daughters. 



Rose (Xo. 16) 

 7 L.P.— 9125* lb. 

 45-7 wks. 11 wks. 



Rosamond (No. 47) by "A" 

 5 L.P.— 11397 lb. 

 50-6 wks. 9-6 wks. 



Rosabelle (Xo.49) bv l 'B" 

 4 L.P.— 7098 lb. 

 41-2 wks. 9-8 wks. 



Rosemary (Xo.55) bv "C" 

 2 L.P. 8003 lb. 

 42 wks. 9 wks. 



Rock Rose (Xo.58) bvC" 

 3 L.P.— 6058-flb. 

 36-3 wks. 15 wks. 



Fillpail (Xo. 28) 

 1 L.P. — o03b lb. 

 37 wks. 8 wks. 



Fillpail (Xo. 46) by -A'" 



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1 L.P. — 1083 lb. 

 13 wks. 



Fillpail (Xo. 57) by "C" 

 3 L.P. — < <92 lb. 

 40-6 wks. 12-7 wks. 



Bell (Xo. 7) 

 2 L.P.— 8225 lb. 

 43 wks. 13 wks. 



Bell (Xo. 41) by "A" 

 6 L.P.— 9891 lb. 

 45*8 wks. 15 - 3 wks. 



Belinda I. (No. 50) by"C" 

 1 L.P.— 4191 lb. 

 29 wks. 



Belinda II. (No. 61) by u C" 

 1 L.P.— 3468 lb. 

 32 wks. 



Bella (No. 67) by U D" 

 1 L.P.— 2063 lb. 

 25 wks. 



"A" — a pedigree Dairy Shorthorn bull and sire of heavy milking stock 



(see p. 655). 



J - > 5? }J 5) )» 



- C " — „ „ „ and the sire of stock giving 



good yields (see p. 655). 



"D" — „ „ „ n and the sire of stock giving 



fair yields. 



The figures under each cow show the number of lactation periods, 

 the average milk yield, the average number of weeks in milk and the 

 average number of weeks dry. 



* 2 quarters onlv for 5 lactation periods. 



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The progeny of the cow Eose (16), though by three different 

 sires, have been very good dairy animals; one of them. 

 Rosamond (47) by bull "A." especially so. The daughter of 

 Fillpail (28) by the same bull was a complete failure as a 

 milker (see Fillpail (46)), but the daughter of Fillpail (46) by 

 bull " C " is an excellent cow. 



Bell (7 s ) was a good cow, and her daughter by bull "A" was 

 even better. The latter's daughters, however, have been dis- 

 appointments, though two of them were by bull 11 C." the sire of 

 the good cow Fillpail (57). 



