REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



63 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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

 daily milk yield. A record of the daily food consumption would also be of great use 

 if it could be kept. 



Many farmers who have been keeping such records for some time report very 

 strongly in favour of this kind of work. 



As soon as the farmer sets to work to know what, his cows are doing by keeping 

 a record he finds himself much more closely in touch with his business. lie sees r.t 

 once the effect of better care and better fc-cding. lie notes the great difference in 

 returns between the best and the worst cows in his herd and cannot help but deter- 

 mine to get rid of the poor ones and replace them with good ones. Even the poor 

 cows are improved because better feeding is almost certain to be tried, and quite 

 certainly poor ferdin^ is responsible for many of our unprofitable dairy cows and 

 even for many unprofitable dairy herds. 



To facilitate the keeping of such records and to help in the biulding up of dairy- 

 ing interests in Canada, forms similar to the following are supplied on application: — 



DAILY MILK RECORD. 



Herd belonging to 



PostOffico.. 



Record fi.r week ending. 



{This form suiiplied free by Live Stock 



Division, Central Expfriuj^^ntal 



Farm, Ottawa. Ont.) 



COWS. 



(Reverse) 



Cextr.^l E.xperimental F.\rm. 

 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 

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



