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Show m IRISH MILK RECORDS. Doubtful Whether Average Exceeds 400 Gallons a. tow a Year. Washington. Consul Alfred K. Moo of Dublin furnishes tho following Information In-formation concerning tlm milk yield Of Irish Cows: "l'p to the prusent the records of milk 'yields have not boon systematically systematic-ally kept, snve In special onscs. According Ac-cording to- statistical returns there I wero l.BCO.OOO cows In Ireland In 1907. This Includes anlmats of the most varying classes and quality, a considerable consid-erable number did nol yield 300 gal-Ions gal-Ions of milk, nnd for a much larger number the yield did not reach 400 gallons. gal-lons. In 1907. "On the other hand, returns show that there aro cows In Ireland with milk records which comparo with the best of other countries. In the record kept In connection with tho dairy herd book thero aro several cows which havo yielded exceeding 1,000 gallons each nnd In ono caso the high record of 1.469 gnllons was recorded for tho period of 47 wicks In 1907. tho cow being still In milk at the ond of the year In two othor oases the record showed 1,200 gallons, In ouch caso. for an Incomplete lnctutltm period of 40 weoks. Taking nil olassoe of cows Into consideration, con-sideration, It Is doubtful If tho nverago of tho whole country oxeceds 400 gallons gal-lons per annum; sonic "would place It as high ns 400 gallons, while others again would place It as high as 4C0 gallons. |