358 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Nov., 1897. 
Butter Tests and Milk Trials. 
Mr. Ervest Marruews (says the London Standard) has issued his report on 
the butter tests and milking trials at the recent Tring Show, an annual event 
now regarded with great interest in the dairy world. No fewer than 73 cows 
were submitted to the tests in competition for the handsome prizes offered, or 
more than on any preceding occasion. They consisted of 48 Jerseys, 24 
Shorthorns, and 1 Welsh, and were divided into two classes—namely, tor cows 
not over 900 Ib. in live weight, and for cows over that weight. In the former 
class all but two of the 40 cows were Jerseys, the exceptions being a Welsh cow 
and a young Shorthorn; and in the latter there were 23 Shorthorns and 10 
Jerseys. The milk of one day was taken for the milking trials and the butter 
tests. The highest milk yield in the first class was 52 1b. 3 0z., given by Lord 
Braybrooke’s Silver Cloud III., after being 64 days in milk; in the second 
class it was 64 1b. 18 oz., the yield of Mr. Merry’s Shorthorn, Rose, also 64: 
days in milk. The Jersey maximum is considerably higher than that of last 
year, when, however, Mr. Merry had two cows which beat the performance of 
Rose by nearly 3 lb., but had calved more recently. Apparently the great 
heat of the weather had a bad effect upon the quality of the milk, as the 
butter yield was not up to last year’s standard. The highest yield in the first 
class was 2 lb. 23 0z., given by Lord Braybrooke’s Silver Cloud III., whereas, 
last year, his Sundew LY. gave 2 lb. 6} 0z. Mr, Birdsey’s first prize Shorthorn, 
Hyacinth, gave 2 lb. 154 oz. of butter—the same as last year’s maximum in 
the corresponding class. But the average butter yield of the four prize- 
winning Jerseys was only 2 lb. 14 0z., against last year’s 2 lb. 33%.0z.; and 
that of the winners in the heavier class was 2 lb. 11+ 0z., against 2 lb. 15} oz. 
for last year. 
