. The creamery patron's handbook. Dairying. 284 THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. 6,801 pounds of milk and 365 pounds of butter. The cow is of the St. Lam- bert strain of Jerseys and was seven years old when the record was made. The best Shorthorn record was from a cow that lived longer on the College Farm than any other animal the college has owned, viz: ten years. She gave 1,406 pounds of milk for one month and 50 pounds of butter. For a year her best record was 7,228 pounds of milk and 285 pounds of but- ter. Her milk always tested low, averaging but little over three per cent, and several mo
. The creamery patron's handbook. Dairying. 284 THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. 6,801 pounds of milk and 365 pounds of butter. The cow is of the St. Lam- bert strain of Jerseys and was seven years old when the record was made. The best Shorthorn record was from a cow that lived longer on the College Farm than any other animal the college has owned, viz: ten years. She gave 1,406 pounds of milk for one month and 50 pounds of butter. For a year her best record was 7,228 pounds of milk and 285 pounds of but- ter. Her milk always tested low, averaging but little over three per cent, and several mornings' milkings went as low as per cent. fat. The. GRADE SHORTHORN—"A TYPICAL DUAL PURPOSE COW year the cow produced her best record the major portion of her feed was roughage and but little grain was fed. The picture (page 283) shows her when eight years old. The best record made by any cow on the College Farm was by a grade Shorthorn. She gave 1,251 pounds of milk in one month and 66 pounds of butter. For a year her best record was 8,859 pounds of milk and 424 pounds of butter. The record of this cow alternated from year to year; an extra record one year and the next year lower. The illustration above shows her. 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 [Kolarik, Joseph] [from old catalog]. Chicago, The National dairy union
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