. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. YIELD OF AMERICAN COWS. 409 For yields of sinj>'Ie Jorsoy cows sevonil note wort liy cases are recorded. (The li<;;'ures in l)rackots indi- cate the number of tlie animal in the re-ister of the American Jersey Cattle Club.) " Motley's Flora" (17-"J), in Miussachusetts, 1853, made 511 lbs. of butter in fifty wwks. "Pansy" (lOli)) in Connecticut, calved Sei>(eniber tM\, 1S71, and before October, 187^, made 571 lbs. of butter. Milk produce not given in t
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. YIELD OF AMERICAN COWS. 409 For yields of sinj>'Ie Jorsoy cows sevonil note wort liy cases are recorded. (The li<;;'ures in l)rackots indi- cate the number of tlie animal in the re-ister of the American Jersey Cattle Club.) " Motley's Flora" (17-"J), in Miussachusetts, 1853, made 511 lbs. of butter in fifty wwks. "Pansy" (lOli)) in Connecticut, calved Sei>(eniber tM\, 1S71, and before October, 187^, made 571 lbs. of butter. Milk produce not given in these cases. " Snow- drop" (569), in Massachusetts, gave an average of 4,137 quarts (9,018 lbs.) during the years 1875, besides a (iniintify of eronm used ; she cnlved again, April 15th, 1877, and in the month of June following gave 1,4'Otilbs. of milk. A eow owned by the writer, in Massachusetts, in no sense a fancy or fashionable Jersey, calved in May IS76, and on several trials that year was found to be producing over iOlbs. of butter a week, even in " ily time ; " she was milked steadily for ninctceu months, and during the ia-ii twelve of , the year 1877, made 516lbs. of butter. This cow calved again, February 1st, 1878, and during the. Fig. 218.—"Jekset Belle op ; .^^^r^-C- 1876, and 1877. "Belle of Newton" (1717), in the one year 187J<, gave 4,783 quarts of milk (10,280 lbs.!). " Alphea " (171), bred and owned by Colonel R. M. Hoe, of Morrisania, New York, is a cow famous for her own performances and for the reputation of her progeny; she lived (1863-71) before the time of systematic long- continued records, but on several trials was found to produce more than 3 lbs. of butter a day— 21| lbs. in one week—on grass alone. Two non- registered Jerseys are added :—" Abbie," a cow in Massachusetts, calved April 17th, 1876, and prior to the next INIareh, gave 4,620 quarts of milk, from which 4-8
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