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MILK AND BUTTER TESTS AT THE 
LINCOLN SHOW, 1907. 
I.— MILK YIELD TESTS. 
The amount of money awarded to these classes was 
augmented this year by an extra prize given to the Lincoln- 
shire Red Short-horns, but in all other respects the prizes 
were similar to those given last year at Derby, the conditions 
and methods adopted for carrying out the trials being the 
same. 
The scale of points governing these competitions was as 
follows : — 
One Point for every 1 lb. of milk. 
One Point for every completed ten days since calving, deducting the first 
forty days. Maximum points for lactation 12. 
Four points for every one per cent, of fat shown on the average of the 
two milkings. 
Cows whose milk shows less than an average of 3 per cent, of fat on the 
two milkings will be disqualified. 
Fractions of lbs. of milk, percentage of fat, and imcomplete periods of 
less than ten days to be worked out in decimals, and added to the 
total points. 
No Prize or Commendation to be awarded to cattle which do not obtain 
the following points ; — 
Cows Cows and heifers 
5 years under 
old and 6 years 
over of ago 
Shorthorn, Lincolnshire Red Short-horn,"] 
South Devon, Red-Polled, Ayrshire, ■ 60 
Jersey, Guernsey, or Longhorn . 
Kerry or Dexter ..... 40 36 
In the case of cows obtaining the same number of points, the Prize to be 
awarded to the cow which has been the longest time in milk. 
Highly Commended Cards will be awarded to all animals other than 
winners of the Prizes which reach the above standard. 
The cattle were stripped on Tuesday evening, June 25th, 
at 5 p.m., the milk of the next twenty-four hours being taken 
for the trials. Both the morning and evening milks, after 
being weighed, were sampled by Dr. Voelcker for analysis. 
The full results of the trials in the milk yield classes will 
be found in Table I. on pp. 130 and 140, while Table II., page 
141, gives the particulars in the special class, which being 
open to all breeds plays the part of a champion class. 
The next table, No. III., gives the number of cattle of 
each breed competing, and for the puri>oses of comparison 
the numbers for 1905 and 1906 are also given. 
