REPORT OF TEE AGRICLLTIRIST £3 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DAILY RECORDS. 



The effort to interest dairjmen in the returns from their individual cows has been 

 continued, and many farmers seem to be awakening to a knowledge of the fact that the 

 improvement of the whole herd demands the study of the unit; that is, a close acquaint- 

 ance with the expenditure upon the individual cow and the returns from the same. 



This can be determined in no other way than by keeping an exact record of the 

 daily milk yield and. the daily food consumption. 



Forms, similar to the following, for keeping a record of the milk yield are still 

 supplied free on application. 



DAIRY MILK RECORD. 



Herd belonging to 



Post Office 



Record for week ending 



(This form supplied free by Live Stock 



Division, Central Experimental 



Farm, Ottawa, Ont). 



COWS. 



(Reverse.) 

 CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 



Wm. Saunders, Director. 



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 re- 

 cord. 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 



