. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 368 CATTLE under, to qualify she must produce pounds of fat in seven consecutive days. Calving at three years, the cow must produce pounds of fat in seven days. Calving at four years, the cow must produce pounds of fat in seven days. Calving at five years or over, the cow must produce pounds of fat in seven days. If the cow calves at a period between either of these ages, every day of increased age adds to the'requirements of the year .00439 of a pound of fat. Only bulls having four or more A. R. Fig. 158. Cattle dealers in t
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 368 CATTLE under, to qualify she must produce pounds of fat in seven consecutive days. Calving at three years, the cow must produce pounds of fat in seven days. Calving at four years, the cow must produce pounds of fat in seven days. Calving at five years or over, the cow must produce pounds of fat in seven days. If the cow calves at a period between either of these ages, every day of increased age adds to the'requirements of the year .00439 of a pound of fat. Only bulls having four or more A. R. Fig. 158. Cattle dealers in the market at Purmerend, Holland. Dutch cattle are blanketed in the spring when first put on pasture, after the style shown in the picture. From photograph by the author daughters are eligible for entry in the Advanced Registry. An A. R. O. daughter is one that has been entered in the Advanced Registry on an official record. The Holstein-Friesian cow as a producer of milk, so far as quantity is" concerned, leads all breeds and occupies a class by herself. Wonderful reports have been published since 1885, when private tests received much attention. At that time Clothilde 1308 H. H. B. was credited with a year's milk record of 26,021 pounds 2 ounces. Following that record, Pietertje 2d 3273 H. H. B. made a private test of 30,318 pounds 8 ounces of milk, a record that stood unbeaten for many years. Semiofficial testing has pro- duced many remarkable yearly records, of which the following are most conspicuous up to June, 1919. Digitized by Microsoft®. 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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