52 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



of about 2 lbs. per cow. Tlie cows were fed in this way at 5.30 in the morning and 4 

 o'clock in the afternoon. 



SUMMER FEEDING. 



Tlie cows were pastured as usual during the greater part of the summer months. 

 They occupied one field of the three year rotation marked ' E ' on page 82, and re- 

 ferred to there, as being under pasture in 1905. .This field was able to carry about 

 forty head of cattle for over two months and over thirty head for the next two months. 

 When the pasture began to get bare it was supplemented by soiling crops cut and fed 

 in the stables. A somewhat heavier grain ration was fed this year than during any 

 previous year save 1904, on account of the greater extent to which soiling was carried 

 on. The meal ration in summer consisted of oats and bran about eqvial parts. It was 

 fed in amounts varying with the milk yield of the cows being fed, save in the case of 

 heifers with their first calves, which usually received more than their records seemed 

 to call for as it was desired to encourage and to cultivate in them the habit of main- 

 taining a heavy and uniform flow of milk during the whole lactation period. 



COST OF FEEDING. 



In estimating the cost of feeding, the following prices were charged for feed 

 stuffs, being the average local market rates for the same during the season of 1905 

 save in the case of ensilage and roots, which are charged for at the rate usually affixed 

 in experimental feeding in all parts of America. 



Pasture (per month) $ 1 00 per cow. 



Bran 16 00 per ton. 



Gluten meal and oil meal 25 00 " 



Oats and barley 21 00 " 



Clover hay 7 00 " 



Chaff 4 00 



Roots and ensilage 2 00 " 



In estimating the value of the product, 20 cents per pound is allowed for the but- 

 ter and 15 cents per hundred pounds for skim milk and butter milk. The butter is 

 manufactured on the farm and sells on the market at from 22 to 30 cents per pound, 

 an average of about 25 cents per pound during the last year. This leaves about 5 

 c-ents per pound for cost of manufacture. 



The following tables give in detail the particulars concerning each cow, herd 

 statements for each of the pure bred herds, and monthly stg-tements for all the herds 

 combined. 



The monthly statements for the whole miU^iing herd show the total yield of milk 

 for each month, its butterfat content, the amount of butter produced, the number of 

 pounds of milk required for a pound of butter, and the average yield of millc per cow 

 per diem. The highest average per cent fat was recorded in November and the lowest 

 in February. 



DAIRY CATTLE REPORTS. 



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During the year 35 different cows were milked for shorter or longer periods, as 

 Indicated on the first page of my report on dairy cattle, whereas in the subjoined ' herd 

 reports ' only 3 animals are reported upon in each breed. 



In almost any dairy herd of any size some cows will be found that for some 

 reason have given milk during only a small part of any given year. Where a largo 

 number of cows are being considered, one or two such cases introduced in estimating 

 the average does not materially affect the same, but where the herds to be compared 



