Table 8. Numbers of records and national standardized lactation averages by breed for cows calving in 1970, 1980, 1990, 1995-99 and eligible for use in genetic evaluations.

Breed	1970	1980	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Records (no.)
Ayrshire	12,729	13,465	11,576	9,526	8,824	8,176	7,617	7,399
Brown Swiss	13,764	17,236	17,717	17,721	16,977	16,245	15,499	15,677
Guernsey	56,828	38,364	25,805	15,420	13,454	11,944	10,796	10,273
Holstein	588,748	1,109,758	1,720,127	1,769,002	1,722,958	1,701,669	1,641,948	1,668,927
Jersey	51,410	63,305	99,416	105,672	102,559	100,213	99,853	104,460
Milking Shorthorn	1,561	2,320	2,684	2,662	2,483	2,445	2,326	2,436
Red and White	. . .	900	5,588	6,281	5,673	5,242	4,595	4,297
Milk (lb)
Ayrshire	11,971	13,144	14,799	15,684	15,647	16,611	16,932	17,424
Brown Swiss	12,866	14,172	16,250	17,493	17,818	18,782	19,386	20,148
Guernsey	10,426	11,666	13,297	14,051	14,177	15,132	15,546	15,963
Holstein	15,281	17,566	20,178	21,618	21,926	23,143	23,675	24,380
Jersey	9,618	11,437	13,407	14,842	15,097	15,838	16,294	16,940
Milking Shorthorn	10,391	11,560	14,011	15,341	15,464	16,007	16,109	16,704
Red and White	. . .	16,470	18,8832	20,161	20,310	21,423	22,019	22,732
Fat (%)
Ayrshire	3.93	3.88	3.85	3.86	3.86	3.86	3.86	3.87
Brown Swiss	4.08	4.06	3.98	4.01	4.01	4.01	3.98	4.01
Guernsey	4.68	4.60	4.49	4.49	4.48	4.47	4.44	4.47
Holstein	3.66	3.61	3.61	3.64	3.63	3.62	3.63	3.65
Jersey	5.06	4.84	4.73	4.64	4.64	4.64	4.62	4.61
Milking Shorthorn	3.70	3.69	3.58	3.58	3.58	3.59	3.55	3.57
Red and White	. . .	3.62	3.67	3.68	3.69	3.66	3.64	3.64
Fat (lb)
Ayrshire	470	510	570	605	605	642	653	674
Brown Swiss	525	576	646	701	715	752	771	807
Guernsey	488	536	598	630	635	676	690	713
Holstein	559	633	729	786	798	838	859	890
Jersey	487	553	634	689	700	734	753	781
Milking Shorthorn	384	426	502	549	554	574	572	596
Red and White	. . .	596	692	742	750	785	801	828
Protein (%)
Ayrshire	. . .	. . .	3.16	3.13	3.13	3.12	3.11	3.13
Brown Swiss	. . .	. . .	3.33	3.32	3.32	3.32	3.30	3.31
Guernsey	. . .	. . .	3.30	3.27	3.29	3.30	3.29	3.31
Holstein	. . .	. . .	2.94	2.94	2.94	2.96	2.96	2.99
Jersey	. . .	. . .	3.60	3.56	3.56	3.55	3.55	3.57
Milking Shorthorn	. . .	. . .	3.09	3.07	3.06	3.07	3.06	3.09
Red and White	. . .	. . .	2.95	2.94	2.95	2.97	2.96	2.97
Protein (lb)
Ayrshire	. . .	. . .	468	491	490	518	527	545
Brown Swiss	. . .	. . .	541	581	592	623	639	667
Guernsey	. . .	. . .	439	460	466	499	511	528
Holstein	. . .	. . .	592	636	646	683	701	727
Jersey	. . .	. . .	482	529	537	562	579	605
Milking Shorthorn	. . .	. . .	433	471	474	492	493	516
Red and White	. . .	. . .	555	594	599	637	650	675