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external causes, sucli as the animals not having thoroughly settled down 
after journeying, the trial was extended over four milkings, viz., on the 
morning and evening of the following Monday and Tuesday, the hours being 
8 A.M. and 5 p.m. Similarly, the live weights were taken on the mean of 
the weights obtained before milking on the one day, and after milking on 
the other. The milk was weighed at each time of milking, and samples were 
drawn by myself. The weighing machines used were obligingly lent to the 
Society by Messrs. W. & T. Avery of Birmingham. 
In Class 100, nine cows were entered; of these, one (No. 1180) did not 
put in an appearance ; one (No. 1172) was not milked on one occasion owing 
to the absence of the man in charge ; another (No. 1174) was disqualified as 
being under weight, and in the case of a fourth (No. 1175) the milk smelt so 
badly, owing to the cow being unwell and having been physicked, that it 
was not included in the full trial. This left practically five to compete for 
the prizes, and nearly all of these were cross-bred cows. 
Aperusal of the Table on page 641, giving the detailed results obtainedfrom 
each cow in this class, will show that all the cows gave more milk on the second 
day than on the first, with the exception of No. 1176, which fell ofi" very 
much on the second day ; and that the morning quantity was much more 
than that of the evening on both days, which would be accounted for by the 
longer interval between the two milkings. On the other hand, the morning milk 
was the poorer, the quality being especially low on the first morning and 
improving on the second. The greatest quantities were yielded by No. 1177 
and No. 1170, but the quality of the milk of the latter was poor. Calcu- 
lating the total amount in lbs.' of butter-fat obtained in the four milkings. No. 
1177 gave the highest result, then No. 1178; but on going into the figures, 
taking both on the basis of an animal weighing 1,200 lbs., these two came 
out identical, and but very little ahead of No. 1176, a smaller cow than 
either. Equal prizes accordingly were awarded to No. 1177, the heaviest 
cow of all, a big cross-bred with a very large udder, but by no means a 
shapely animal, and to No. 1178, a neat vShorthorn, and a capital type of a dairy 
cow. It wUl be noticed that the cross-bred gave on an average 63 Ib.s. of 
milk per diem, and the Shorthorn 56 lbs. To those interested in analytical 
matters it may be mentioned that, owing no doubt to the physic, the butter- 
fat would not separate out from the milk of No. 1175 by means of the 
ethereal solution of potash used in the method of analysis employed (Soxhlet's 
Areometric Method). 
In the second class (Class 101), restricted to cows under 1,200 lbs. live 
weight, there were 11 entries, of which 10 appeared for competition ; three 
of these were Jerseys, two Guernseys, one Ayrshire, one Red-polled, and the 
others cross-breds. All came within the conditions as regards weight and 
yield of milk. It will be noted from the table that one cow only (No. 1 183) fell 
off in live weight. There was but little dilference between the yields of milk 
on the first and second days, and, as in other cases so here, the evening's 
milk was less in quantity than the morning's, l)ut much richer. The greatest 
weight of milk, viz. 64^ lbs. per diem, was obtained from the cross-bred cow, 
1188 ; the next, 47 lbs., from No. 1192 (Jersey). 
The Jerseys gave more and richer milk than the Guernseys, and it was 
extremely ricli in quality. The vVyrshire cow. No. 1184, gave nothing like 
the Jerseys either in quantity or quality, ^\hile the Rod-polled, though 
superior to the Ayrshire, was in ))oth ropects lielow the Jersey. Making 
calculations as before, No. 1192 (Jersey) stood easily first, and another 
Jersey, No. 1183, second. The very regular yields of these two cows are 
specially to be noted, the daily averages being excellent and the milk ex- 
ceedingly rich. The oilier Jersey cow, No. 1189, came third, and then the 
pross-bred cow, No. 1188. 
