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the standard be slightly raised, I have given them at length for 
the sake of reference. The points are 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 to be disqualified. 
Fractions of lbs. of milk, percentages of fat, and incomplete 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 5 years 
over of age 
Shorthorn, Lincolnshire Red Short-horn,! 
South Devon, Red-Polled, Ayrshire, [■ 55 50 
Jersey, Guernsey, or Longhorn . . J 
Kerry or Dexter 40 35 
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 to be awarded to all animals other than 
winners of the Prizes which reach the above standard. 
The competing cattle were stripped on the evening of the 
Judging Day, June 30, 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. 
I call special attention to the fact that the trials were com- 
menced on the evening of the first day of the Show, when 
many of the animals had been in the ring, and consequently 
had not been milked out at the usual hour in the morning. In 
my opinion, it would be preferable if these trials could be 
deferred for one day, taking the milk of the third day of the 
Show instead of the second day, and publishing the results on 
the Friday instead of the Thursday as is at present the case, 
since the cows have not got back to their milk on the Wednes- 
day morning, which in a milk-yield trial should be if possible 
avoided. 
The full results of the trials in the breed milk-yield classes 
will be found in Table I. on pp. 190 and 191, while Table II., 
page 192, gives the particulars of the cows entered for the special 
prizes, this class forming the champion class and being open to 
all breeds. 
The next table, No. III., gives the number of cattle com- 
peting under their breed headings, together with the numbers 
that were present at the Derby and Lincoln meetings in 1906 
* and 1907. 
