REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DAIKY COW KECORDS. 



KEEPING RECORDS. 



An increasingly large number of dairy farmers avail themselves of the offer made 

 by this division to supply, free of cost, forms whereon to keep a record of the milk 

 produced each day, or one day in each week, by each cow. This fact points to pro- 

 gress along right lines. It is only when one knows the individuals in one's herd that 

 one can hope to improve the general quality^ of the herd. 



The forms supplied are for week-long periods, as illustrated below, or for month- 

 long periods, as may be preferred by the dairymen. In addition, forms for sumjuarizing 

 the month's work as well as forms whereon to enter up the year's record are sent on 

 application. 



DAILY MILK RECORD. 



Herd belonging to (This form supplied free by Live Stock 



Post office Division, Central Experimental 



Record for week ending Farm, Ottawa, Ont. ) 



COWS. 



Wm. Saunders, Director. 



(Reverse) 

 Central Experimental Farm. 



J. H. Grisdale, Live Stock and Agriculture. 



MILK records. 



1. The profitable dairy cow must give over 5,000 pounds of milk each year. To 

 know the value of a cow, her total annual yield of milk must be known. The only 

 way to know this is to keep a record of her daily milk yield. 



2. The form on the other side of this sheet is intended to help progressive dairy 

 farmers by supplying them with a simple and convenient sheet for the keeping of the 

 milk records of their individual cows. A study of such records will soon indicate 

 which cows should go to the butcher. We would be pleased to receive a summary of 

 your record. If you have no summary forms, write us. 



3. Such records are being kept by hundreds of successful dairymen to-day. Many 

 of these men attribute their success to the keeping of such records. Why not give the 

 thing a trial, if you are a dairyman. It will increase your milk product. It will 



