230  Milk  and  Butter  Tests  at  the  Gloucester  Show,  1909. 
Twenty-one  cows  out  of  the  45  tested  received  prizes  or 
commendation  cards,  which  does  not  compare  favourably 
with  other  years.  The  wet  cold  week  of  the  Show  may 
perhaps  account  for  this. 
Table  VIII. — Averages  of  Cattle  tested  in  the  Butter 
Test  Classes 
No. 
of  cows 
com- 
peting 
Breed 
Live 
weight 
Days  in 
milk 
Milk 
Butter 
Ratio 
Points 
6 
Shorthorn  . 
Lb. 
1397 
67 
Lb. 
68 
oz. 
13f 
Lb.  oz. 
1 12i 
Lb. 
33-43 
31-36 
6 
Lincoln.  Red  do. 
1408 
67 
64 
10 
1 14i§ 
28-23 
33-89 
3 
Devon 
1188 
63 
37 
m 
1 1 
36-72 
19-30 
4 
South  Devon 
1624 
116 
63 
13 
2 2i 
24-66 
42-52 
3 
Red  Poll  . 
1213 
68 
46 
1 H 
30-69 
27-56 
1 
Ayrshire  . 
1012 
29 
61 
0 
2 If 
28-91 
33-76 
18 
Jersey 
861 
90 
36 
12f 
1 llfl 
20-60 
32-68 
3 
Guernsey  . 
1101 
91 
39 
5^ 
1 131 
21-57 
34-26 
2 
Kerry 
924 
46 
40 
7 
1 4 
32-35 
20-86 
Table  IX. — Average  points  won  by  the  Cattle  at  Derby, 
Lincoln,  Newcastle,  and  Gloucester,  with  the  number  of  cattle 
competing  at  each  Show. 
Breed 
Derby 
Lincoln 
Newcastle 
Gloucester 
No.  of 
Cows 
Points 
No.  of 
Cows 
Points 
No.  of 
Cows 
Points 
No.  of 
Cows 
Points 
Shorthorn 
2 
37-77 
4 
31-70 
3 
46-76 
6 
31-36 
Lincolnshire  Red  do. 
2 
.38-45 
8 
31-06 
3 
36-86 
5 
33-89 
Devon 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
3 
19-30 
South  Devon  . 
2 
41-40 
2 
37-75 
3 
29-38 
4 
42-52 
Red  Poll . 
■- 
— 
1 
31-65 
— 
— 
3 
27-56 
Ayrshire . 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
39-45 
1 
33-75 
Jersey 
17 
37-95 
14 
36-61 
15 
35-61 
18 
32-68 
Guernsey 
2 
29-25 
4 
33-45 
1 
38-25 
3 
34-26 
Longhorn 
— 
— 
1 
33-35 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Kerry 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 
20-85 
