. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 26o CATTLE dressed out per cent, compared with a Shorthorn which dressed out per cent. Of six breeds tested the Jersey made the poorest showing. Three Jersey steers fed by two experiment stations reported on by Henry in Feeds and Feeding, showed an average daily gain for 1058 days of pound per day, rank- ing ninth among eleven breeds in daily gain, but standing last in per cent of dressed weight. In a steer-feeding experiment con- ducted by the Iowa station with nine breeds, the valuation placed. Fig. 112. Fig^s 76106. This remarka
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 26o CATTLE dressed out per cent, compared with a Shorthorn which dressed out per cent. Of six breeds tested the Jersey made the poorest showing. Three Jersey steers fed by two experiment stations reported on by Henry in Feeds and Feeding, showed an average daily gain for 1058 days of pound per day, rank- ing ninth among eleven breeds in daily gain, but standing last in per cent of dressed weight. In a steer-feeding experiment con- ducted by the Iowa station with nine breeds, the valuation placed. Fig. 112. Fig^s 76106. This remarkable Jersey cow, at 13 years of age, won the grand championship of the breed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- tion, 1904, in very strong competition; shown by Hood Farm, Lowell, Mass. Figgis has a day's record of 50 pounds 7 ounces of milk, and of 19 pounds 15 ounces butter in seven days. Photograph by the author on the Jersey carcass by Chicago experts was ^ a hundred, the lowest of the nine, compared with $^ for the Hereford. Jersey families of distinction in America date back now almost fifty years. Among these families the following ten may be regarded as leading ones. Sigfial, descended from Pansy 8 ; Coomassie, descended from Coomassie 11874 ; Eurotas, descended from Eurotas 2454 ; Tormentor, descended from Angela F. 1607 ; St. Lambeit, descended from Stoke Pogis 1259 out of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
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