. Breeding of farm animals. Livestock. 128 BREEDING OF FARM ANIMALS Holstein-Friesian seven-day requirement by classes: Junior two-year-old ._ pounds Senior two-year-old pounds Junior three-year-old pounds Senior three-year-old nounds Junior four-year-old pounds Senior four-year-old pounds Full age pounds Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and Guernsey yearly stand- ard.—If a test for the period of one year is commenced the day the cow is two years old, or previous to that day, she must produce, within one year from the date the test begins, pounds butter fat. For e
. Breeding of farm animals. Livestock. 128 BREEDING OF FARM ANIMALS Holstein-Friesian seven-day requirement by classes: Junior two-year-old ._ pounds Senior two-year-old pounds Junior three-year-old pounds Senior three-year-old nounds Junior four-year-old pounds Senior four-year-old pounds Full age pounds Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and Guernsey yearly stand- ard.—If a test for the period of one year is commenced the day the cow is two years old, or previous to that day, she must produce, within one year from the date the test begins, pounds butter fat. For each day the cow is over two years old at the beginning of her year's test, the amount of butter fat she must produce in the year is fixed by adding (one-tenth) of a pound for each such day to the pounds required for the two-year-old. This ratio of increase applies until the cow is five years old at the beginning of her test, when the required amount will have reached 360 pounds, which will be the amount of butter fat required of all cows five years old or over. These standards are based upon one complete year's record from the time of beginning, regard- less of any time which may be lost by being dry or calving during that period. Fig. 46—Berkshire Sow « i • i , i -i Ayrshire yearly standard.— This calls for pounds of fat at two years of age, with the addition of .06 of fat for each succeeding day up to three years of age, when the standard calls for 236 of fat, with the addition of .12 for each succeeding day up to five years of age, when the requirement is 322 pounds of fat. Brown Swiss yearly requirement.—This call for 222 pounds of fat at two years and six months of age, with the addition of .09 of fat for each succeeding day up to. 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 work
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