1921. j 



Dairy Cattle in Denmark. 



709 



Societies had mado it a condition for competing for prizes in a 

 class for " butter cows " that in order to be eligible the cows 

 should have records of their yields as supplied by the milk 

 recording societies. 



At shows the records of milk yield now form an important 

 part of the judging, but they are used somewhat differently in 

 the different Provinces. The local agricultural societies and the 

 provincial federations of such make their own rules for their 

 local, provincial, or State shows — rules which naturally 

 conform to the provisions of the Law regarding grants by the 

 State, but which are usually considerably more stringent. It 

 would need too much space to explain the various rules of the 

 different societies, and it will be sufficient for the present purpose 

 to give some of the rules for the provincial shows held by the 

 Associated Agricultural Societies in Funen. 



Cows are admitted only when reliable information is given 

 of their milk yield, by quantity and quality, and young stock 

 only when such information is given concerning their dams. The 

 milk records may be obtained from the Biennial Competitions 

 of Whole Herds, from the Laboratory of Agricultural Eesearch 

 at Copenhagen, or from the milk recording societies. 



Red Danish cattle are shown in eight classes, the five first con- 

 sisting of individual animals, the three last of collections : — 



1. Bulls aged 1 to \ k years. 



2. Bulls aged 1^ to 2 years. 



3. Bulls aged 2 to 3 years. 



4. Cov,'S from herds of four cows or less. 



5. Heifers, aged 1 to 3 years which have not calved, from herds of four 



cows or less. 



6. Collections of cows. From herds of 15 cows 3 must be shown, from 



herds of 16 to 30 cows 4 must be shown, and so on until from herds 

 of more than 100 cows 8 must be exhibited. Each of the cows must 

 have yielded an average of 330 lb. of butter per annum, and milk 

 containing 3"60 per cent, of fat ; a lower percentage of fat shall not 

 disqualify a cow which has yielded an average of 385 lb. of butter. 

 A special award can be given for a higher yield according to certain 

 rules. 



7. Families. The families may be either (1) coavs descended from one 



dam, at least three cows being shown, descended from the cow 

 through the female line, and only one generation may be omitted, 

 or (2) four or more cows descended from one sire. Same conditions 

 as to yield as in class 6. 



8. Collections of heifers, aged 1 to 3 years, which have not calved. 



When the judging is finished the animals or collections within 

 each class are placed in the show yard in order of merit according 



