MILCH COWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1427, 8 February 1888, Page 6

MILCH COWS.

Iv a recent is3ue of the " Queens lander " it was stated that tbe shorthorns had, as a breed, proved themselves superior to all other breeds as dairy cattle in England. The results of the milking trials at the dairy show in London, since received, corroborate the statement in a remarkable degree, remarks our contemporary. The number of cowa entered for trial was 58, judging was carried out by a system of points, and the results were decidedly in favour of the Bhorthorns. In the matter of weight of milk they were greatly superior. The first prize pure-bred shorthorn gave 57.51 bof milk for the day, and the second prize unpedigreed shorthorn 57.31 b, while the highest record of any of the Channel Island breed, a Guernsey, gave only 33 6!b. In the matter of fat in the milk, the champion cow — a shorthorn —was 2.068 against 1.73 of the highest test of the Channel Island cows. The result of the trials went to show that not only as a milkman's breed, but aho for butter- making, the superiority of any other breed over the Bhorthorns for thu dairy has not yet been established, and this is all the more satisfactory that no other breed, of cattle has been so widely disseminated over the world. The trials brought to light the fact that the evening milk was in almost all instances richer in butter fat than that of the morning. This is probably due to the fact that cows have access to more and richer food during the day than at night. It is but fair to the Channel Island cattle to state that sizi was not taken into consideration in the trials. The Jerseys and Guernseys aje& muck smaller ikan the shorthorns, and it is stated that they do not consume so much food, so that for the quantity of ! food consumed if. is not improbable tint the Channel Island cattle give a greater proportion of milk and butter.