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Show Prize Holsteins Pass j Test Requirements Passing test requirements with ease, three cows of the prize herd of Hol-. Hol-. stein stock at the state school for the required In that time Le produce from 1 trance in th' advanced registry of the I HoIatein-FTIeslsn association, according accord-ing to K W. Robson. county club i agent, who was one of the supervisors of the test. The cows, which were subjected to an official seven-days' test, were) require tn that tinn- to produce from, eleven to twelve pounds of butter-fat the exact weirht depending upon the-, age of the ows. a required poundage of milk was also required in the week's' production The cows, during the pe-; B-- riod f ihp test, were milked three I times a day. I,ad l)er.- 'Invcrdale, ye.irs old. j predueed 1(1.2 pounda ol milk and j LV.9S7 pounds of biitter-fat. Waldorf Pletertjs Pont lac, 4 years I old, produci d S5.J pounds of milk j ilurlnR the week period and IS. 269 ! pounds of butter-fat Iad' Jioma Pontlac produced 882.2 pound r milk and 1-1.671 jiounds ,.f butter-fat. (.Jllbert Thatcher has had charge of the cows prior to the time of tin .. i Mr Robinson said that at 5 years of age, cows goncrallv yielded greater great-er ponndngp ..r milk and buttcr-fai ihan during .-trller periods In their life The COWS upon which ihp tcsis were ' made, were dry less than a month during the yiar, n is reported while I the majority of cows are fir; tor a i period of two months during each viar. oo |