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this shown in the cases of Freddie and Puss. Visitors, and indeed the 

 men about the stable, almost invariably esteem Puss a better cow than 

 Freddie; but the scale and fat tester have shown us that while Puss is 

 not far below in milk, she is a long distance below Freddie in fat. 

 Attention is also called to figure one. The position seems to be an 

 unnatural and distorted one, but it is extremely life-like. This cow 

 invariably stood in this cramped sort of a positio.i and gave very little 

 outward indication of her good producing powers. 



Summary. 



Our records of this herd for the year seem to us to warrant the fol- 

 lowing conclusions: 



First. With a fairly good herd, carefully fed and kept, milk can be 

 produced for sixty-five cents per hundred weight and fat for sixteen 

 cents per pound for the cost of food consumed. 



Second. That individuals of the same breed vary more widely in milk 

 and butter production than do the breeds themselves. 



Third. The larger animals consumed less pounds of dry matter per 

 1,000 pounds live weight per day than did the smaller animals. 



Fourth. That in general the best yields of fat were obtained from 

 cows that gave at least a fairly large flow of milk, particularly as seen 

 in the cows Sue, Freddie and Beauty. 



Fifth. In genera'i, the cows consuming the most food produced both 

 milk and fat at the lowest rate. 



Sixth. For the production of milk and fat there is no food so cheap 

 as good pasture grass. 



