.46 Dairy Demonstration Work in New York State 



A similar result is shown in the following table, which is made 

 up from the weights of another herd : 



Note. — Difference between actual and calculated weight, 25 pounds. 



Some dairymen think that they can tell the production of milk 

 by seeing it in the pail. The production is generally based on the 

 quantity of milk given in a day when the cow is at her best. 

 Among dairymen it is a common saying that a certain cow is a 

 large producer because " in the best of the season you can't milk 

 her in a pail." We often hear this, yet if a complete year's record 

 were kept, it is very likely that the cow that was supposed to be 

 " the best in the herd," actually gave less milk and made less fat 

 than did several others that never quite filled the pail The fol- 

 lowing table gives the record of eight cows in the same herd, show- 

 ing that the cow giving the largest quantity of milk in a day did 

 not give the most milk throughout the year : 



