The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-01
THE
woRLD,sFA1R DAIRY rssr NO. I.
Cheese and By. Products.

teen days. The competing COWS were
% Jerseys, % G~uernseys and % Short
Horns. This and all other tests were
conducted under rules formulated by
Chief Buchanan of the Agriculture
Department., and assented to by the
representatives of b accompanying breeds
and the members of the Testing Com
mittee, which was composed of Prof.
M. A. Scovell, Kentucky Experiment
Station. Chairman Profs. 8 M oaO-
cock, Wisconsin Experiment Station
I P. r Jberts, Cornell University, N.
Y; II. P. Armsby, State College OF
Pennsylvania (repres 9nting the Asso-
citation of Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment S5ations); Prof. W. b.
Caldwell, Superintendent for the Ameri-
can Guernsey Cattle Club; Il. Fl. Hinds,
Superintendent for the American
Short Horn Association; and V. Il
Fuller, SUperinteL dent for the Amer
can Jersey Cattle Club.
By the rules, all COWS were mllKeo
out twelve hours before the test began
All milkings of each herd were done IN
the presence of a representative of the
Testing Committee. Samples of the
milk at each milking were taken for
for analysis, and analy zed in the laOora-
tory under the immediate super vislon
of Prof. E NJ. Harrington, of the Uni
versity of Illinois.
The feed was all weighed out by a
representative of the Testing Commit,
tee, and was fed in his presence. Co.
lumbar Guards were stationed in the
barns to see that no feed wes given the
COWS except in the presence of a repre-
sentative of the Testing Committee.
The value of the cheese was fixed by
Chief Buchanan asserted to by the
representatives of the breeders aud the
Testing Committee, the price being
regulated by the scoring OF the cheese,
which was made by experts appointed
by Chief Buchanan. The schedule of
prices for feed was fixed by Chief Blu
chanan, and all feed was charged TO
each COW, and an accurate ledger &c
count Was kept OF the product of each
COW and OF each herd.
The price of cheese varied from II
cents to IA cents per pound. The whey
was credited at the rate of s cents per
hundred pounds, and the increase of
decrease in the weight of the COWS be-
tween the beginning and the ending of
the test was credited or d bited at Al
cents per pounds. The awards were
based upon the net prCf5 made by the
cSws and herds during the test.
This was a signal and triumphant
victoryfor the Jerseys in every respect
They not only gave the most milk, ex-
ceedi, g the Guernsays by 1857 s lbs
and the Short Horns 6y 1909 5 lbs in
fifteen days; but the quantity of
cheese exceeded that of the Guernseys
by 321 IA los and the Short Horns by
374 Is los. The net profit of the Jersey
herd exceeded that of the Guernseys
by S31 50, equal to an excess net profit
per COW per day of s 25 cents, and ex
ceeded the Short Horn herd by $38 46,
CNual y OH CACCSo ACt S1NllJ pO4 SO"
per day of TO- % cents.
The following are the net profits of
the five best COWS in each breed: Jer-
aeys-1st, Sc 81; 81, $6 Sc; Sd, Sc "a;
4th, So So; 55b, S. IL. Guernseys-14t,
~B5 81; 81, SIS O6; Sd, a SO; 45h, 81 ~;
5th, 81 &c. Short Horns-1st, Sc 81 ID,
1858; Sd, S. %; All, 81 50; 5Gh, $4.O7
The herd of five best COWS in any
breed competing, yielding the greatest
net profit during the test, which re-
ceived the award was composed as fol-
lows: lat, ID, 81, 4 b, Jerseys; 8 h,
Short Horn.
The leading Guernsey stood 14th in
order Of merit in the rs competing
cows, the second 175h, and the other
three 18th, 10Th and 21st respectively.
The five best COWS of the Snort Horns
stood in the following order of merit
among the rs: 5sh, 10th, 18th, oath,
9th. Out of the rs competing COWS
the Jerseys had IA in the first 25, with
an average net profit per cow of
S. IS u, the J~uernseys Z with an aver
age net profit per cow of "a 70 and the
Short Horns 4 with an average net
profit per COW of $5.423. The lowest
Jersey in profit out of the rs was 81 /
with a net profit of So IL The Guern.
seys had s lower, ranging down to a
net profit of 81 81, and the Short Horns
IA lower, ranging down to a net profit
of 81 O8.
The average net profit per head pc
day by breeds was as follows: Jerseys
81 9: Guernseys, % 6; Short. Horns