REPORT OF THE AGRICLLTLRIST 



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SESSrONAL PAPER No. 16 



is manufactured in the farm dairy and sells on the market at from 22 to 30 cents per 

 pound, an average of about 24 cents per pound during the last year. This leaves 

 about 4 cents per pound for cost of manufacture. 



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

 Btatements for each of the pure-bred herds, and monthly statements for all the herda 

 combined. 



The monthly statements for the whole milking herd show the total yield of milk 

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

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

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

 in January. 



DAIRY CATTLE REPORTS. 



During the year 28 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 

 * hord reports ' only 20 animals are reported upon. * 



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

 son have given milk during only a very small part of any given year. Where a large 

 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 

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

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

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

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

 averages 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. 



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

 grade herds under test. 



REPORT 1. 



GENERAL SUMMARY. 



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