REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



are small the consideration of one or two such cases in one lierd and no such cases in 

 another makes an unjust difference in favour of the latter herd. To overcome this 

 dilSculty as far as possible, the records of three of the best cows in each herd, and of 

 cows that had been in milk for the greater part of the year, have been taken and the 

 average estimated from these records, rather than from the records of all cows of that 

 particular breed that happened to calve during the year. 



Report 1 is a summary of the more important points in connection with the year's 

 work with the dairy herd. 



Report 2 contains the individual records of all cows that gave milk during the 

 year. 



Report 3. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 give the herd records of the several pure bred and 

 grade herds under test. 



REPORr I, 



General Summary. 



