REPORT OF THE CHEMIST* 
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This report deals chiefly with the composition and general properties 
of butter, especially as affected by breed or individuality of cow, and 
to some extent by food; a discussion of lysimeter results, and a record 
of sunshine for the year. 
EXAMINATION OF BUTTERS FROM THE NEW YORK 
DAIRY SHOW. 
The sweepstake prizes offered at the New York Dairy and Cattle 
Show, held at Madison Square Garden in May last, for the cow pro- 
ducing the greatest quantity of milk during twenty-four consecutive 
hours of the exhibition, and the cow producing the greatest quantity 
of butter during the same time, were competed for by representatives 
of the Holstein, Jersey and Guernsey breeds. The cows competing 
for these prizes were thirteen in number, there being seven Holsteins, 
five Jerseys and one Guernsey. The following list gives the name, 
owner and breed of cow together with the yield of each. 
The cows Nos. 5, 7 and 8 competed for the milk prize only. Nos. 3, 
6, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 for the butter prize only; the others competed 
for both milk and butter prizes : 
* S. M. Babcock. 
