Agriculture .. . was a son of Eurotas, a cowwith a record of 778 pounds of butter in a year without forced weight was 1,760 pounds at the time the photograph from which thecut was made was taken. When young this animal was sold for $10,000,and proved a bargain at that price. He was used for breeding until almost A NIMA L HUSBA NDK ) \ 555 nineteen years of age. The cow is Brown Bessie, famous as the championbutter cow in the dairy tests at the Columbian Exposition, 1893. This cowweighed when eight years old 1,040 pounds. During the test at Chicago,where the conditions were far from
Agriculture .. . was a son of Eurotas, a cowwith a record of 778 pounds of butter in a year without forced weight was 1,760 pounds at the time the photograph from which thecut was made was taken. When young this animal was sold for $10,000,and proved a bargain at that price. He was used for breeding until almost A NIMA L HUSBA NDK ) \ 555 nineteen years of age. The cow is Brown Bessie, famous as the championbutter cow in the dairy tests at the Columbian Exposition, 1893. This cowweighed when eight years old 1,040 pounds. During the test at Chicago,where the conditions were far from favorable, this cow averaged over 40pounds of milk a day for five months. She made 3 pounds of butter a daya number of times, 20^ pounds in a week, and 98 pounds more than anyother cow in the test. The Jersey is more largely kept in the United States than any otherdairy breed. 567. Guernsey cattle — This breed is in many respects similar to theJersey. It undoubtedly took its origin from the same ancestry. This. By Fig. 175. Oieknsev Bull, Sheet Anchor of H. E. Ahwrd, Chief Dairy Division, U. S. Dept, Agriculture. breed was produced on the island of Guernsey, which lies in the Englishchannel, not far distant from Jersey. It is triangular in shape, nine mileslong, and four miles in the greatest width. It has a total area of about 16,-000 acres. There are only about 5,000 animals owned upon the gardening is the chief occupation of the inhabitants of Guernsey. 556 A GRICUL TURE ; As in Jersey, so in Guernsey, the importation of living cattle has been for along time prohibited. Guernsey cattle were probably first imported intothe United States about 1850. At that time they, as well as cattle from theisland of Jersey, were generally called Alderneys. The Guernseys first im-ported into this country were not kept pure, but about twenty-five years agothey were recognized as a breed, and since that time a larger or smallernumber have been imported almost eve
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