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test,” and the Jersey, Ida Marigold, won by a very strong lead. The next 
award was “for the five cows in each breed competing which yielded the 
greatest net profit during the test.” The Jerseys’ average profit per cow was 
646 dollars, and the best five shorthorns only averaged’ 5:15 dollars per cow ; 
and they (the shorthorns) stood in the following order of merit amongst the 
seventy-five cows competing :—Fifth, tenth, thirteenth, twenty-fourth, and 
_ twenty-seventh. The next award was “for the five cows in any breed com- 
-peting which yielded the greatest net profit during the test,” and was awarded 
as follows: First, second, third, and fourth, Jerseys; fifth, shorthorn. It will” 
be seen that, with the exception of the fifth cow, every one of the five winners 
was a Jersey, and the shorthorn is placed among the winners from the fact that 
the value of her increase in live weight was 2°52 dollars, otherwise she 
would have stood very much lower. The last award, the most important of all 
in the fifteen days’ test, was “for the breed which yielded the greatest net 
profit during the test,” and again the Jerseys were declared the victors. A 
more sweeping or more decisive victory for the Jersey breed could hardly have 
been looked for, as they won at every point in the test with a large margin to 
spare. They gave the most milk containing the greatest percentage of fat and 
solids, and consequently the greatest amount of cheese. They also gave a 
net profit per cow over the other breeds which would of itself constitute a fair 
profit to ordinary dairymen. Undoubtedly the most interesting test of all was 
the ninety-day, as showing the staying qualities of the cows and the breeds, 
and, if the Jerseys won easily the fifteen-day test; they fairly romped over the 
other breeds in the ninety-day test. The average length of time each Jersey 
cow had been in milk at the end of the test was 154 days. The total quantity 
of milk given by the Jerseys exceeded that of the shorthorns by 7,225 lb. The 
‘butter given by the Jerseys in the ninety days was 4,274 lb., being an average 
for the twenty-five cows of nearly 2 lb. per cow per day. 
The total quantity of butter produced by the Jerseys exceeded that given 
by the Guernseys by 918 lb. and the shorthorns by 1,383 lb. The milk required 
to make 1]b. of butter was—Jerseys, 17:2 lb.; Guernseys, 18°4 lb.; shorthorns, 
22:9 lb. The cost of feed per lb. of butter was as follows :—Jerseys, $0°13°75 ; 
Guernseys, $0°14°41; shorthorns, $0°17:°36. Analysing the results per 
individual cow, the highest net profit per day for any shorthorn cow was 
58 cents, which was exceeded by twelve Jerseys. The highest net profit per 
day for any cow was 81 cents, made by the Jersey cow, Brown Bessie. The 
above figures tell their own story, and in most unmistakable terms the 
Jersey has proved herself, in this greatest of all tests, infinitely superior to all 
other cows. Dairymen do not want to feed animals that carry more weight 
than is necessary for dairy purposes. Therefore those breeds that are inclined 
to turn the bulk of their food into flesh instead of butter-fat are not the most 
profitable dairy animals. The breed for the dairy is undoubtedly the one that 
will stand heavy feeding without fattening, and will, with increase of feed, 
increase its yield. In this respect the Jersey stands head and shoulders over 
‘all other breeds. She gives the most generous returns for the amounts of food 
consumed, and, where butter or cheese is required instead of beef, the more 
Jersey strain in the herd the better. There is just the danger, here, in 
purchasing a Jersey bull, of not getting the genuine article. The Jerseys so 
completely stamp the colour of their offspring that it is often impossible to 
distinguish the grade from the purebred, and dairymen should seek the 
assistance of their herd-book society in determining on.a bull for stud purposes. 
In Jersey no animal is entitled to registration until the judges satisfy 
themselves about its dairy qualities. Good management is as necessary as a 
good breed of cattle in successful dairying, and more failures in dairying are 
attributable to bad management than to bad cattle. The ways of the kingdom 
of cowdom are little understood by the ayerage dairyman, and my advice to 
dairymen wishing to possess good herds is not to purchase a large number of 
ure cows: rather let them commence with the cows they have and a bull of 
igh lineage, and use him for grading up their present herds. They will find 
