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Show WHAT TO LOOK FOR AT THE STATE FAIR IN THE DAIRY SECTION. , Guernsey i. 'Tlic Agricultural College promises to "Have a string of Guernseys at the 'Fair and it will be the first time many of our readers have had an opportunity opportuni-ty to see this breed of cattle. The Guernseys arc of course a dairy breed and for that 'reason ought to become very popular in th'S state. The Guernseys came originally from Guernsey Island, one of the little islands is-lands in the English channel, off the j coast of France. For many years this ' breed was protected at home by the exclusion of all other breeds. The breed as a butter producer is entitled to special distinction. The milk is of higher natural yellow -color than of any other breed, due to its .butter-fat content. The fat globulei are large and have a deeper yellow even than the Jerseys. One of the noted cows of this breed, Yeksa Sunbeam, Sun-beam, at the age of nine years, produced pro-duced in one year 857.1 lbs. butter-fat, equivalent to 1000 lbs. butter. This test was officially supervised by the ) Wisconsin Experiment Station. Our dairymen will do well to study this breed and make inquiries concerning con-cerning them from those in charge of ? 'u' Mic exhibit. Jerseys. ' Of course there will be a strinr Jerseys at the Fair. We do not km f just who will show this year, but the Jersey breed has long been popular j in Utah. I Among our prominent breeders are Barker ofl Ogden, Caine of Logan, I Crystal Spring Dairy Farm of Manti, Winder of Salt Lake, and many others, oth-ers, Holsteins. There are a few good Holsteins in Utah, especially up in the Cohdenscd Milk region of Cache Valley. The Agricultural College has a small herd and a few of these will be on exhibit. The Holsteins have received a good deal of attention in these columns ?nd deserve it, It is one of the largest larg-est dairy ibrceds, in fact it is among I the largest breeds of cattle. This 5 breed takes high rank as a butter pro- j ducer on account of the large yield , of milk. One cow of this breed, Pauline Paul, 2199 H. H. B., is said I to have produced in "a private test in K one year M54 pounds of churned and K saltod gutter. In our issue of May 1 23 108 we told of a test conducted by the '-Wisconsin Experiment Station with a black and white, "Colantha 4th'j Johanna. During 365 days this cow turned out an average of 72.4 pounds of milk per day, which made 998.26 lbs. of butter-fat qual to 1248 pounds of butter. Give this Dutch brce-1 a fair show and while at the Fair, look them up and see if there isn't something about them that you have not heretofore known! ' ' ) |