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21 made large profits, while No. 23 got but little more than the value of 

 the feed, and the chances are that he would not have got that little profit 

 had he not fed silage. Then why the difference? It is in a great meas- 

 ure because of the difference in the type of cows, but I discovered another 

 reason (no matter how) which may have, perhaps, still more to do with 

 it. No. 21 made, considering the age of his cows, the best showing of 

 the three. Althougli he did not get the greatest returns per cow, he 

 got the most for a dollar's worth of feed. No. 21 takes excellent care 

 of his cows, doing everything possible for their comfort. He feeds with 

 the utmost regularity and he begins milking at the same tick of the 

 clock every time, no matter what other things are pressing. 



No. 23 is apt to consider other work of more importance than caring 

 for the cows, so they are fed and milked when it is most convenient. 

 When there is a rush of work, they are milked, at times, very early in 

 the morning, and at night they are milked when everything else is done. 

 At other times it is the reverse, they are milked late in the morning and 

 early at night. So it happens that the cows never know when to expect 

 to be fed or milked, and no cows can do well in giving milk with such; 

 usage. 



FED SILAGE TO SOMEWHAT EEEFY TYPE COWS AND GOT FAIR RETURNS. 



No. 19. Nine cows; grade Angus; most of them of a rather beefy 

 type. Cost of feed, $20.50; ration, a small amount of oat feed, 35 pounds 

 silage, clover and timothy hay and corn fodder in winter; in summer, 

 pasture only. 



Returns for butter fat per cow, .$30.05; number pounds butter fat (he 

 has a separator and sends cream) per fow, 192; price of butter fat,19.1 

 cents; value of butter fat for one dollar's worth of feed, $1.79; net profit 

 in butter fat over cost of feed, $16.15. 



It will be seen by this that with the use of silage, for winter feed, 

 so as to provide succulent food the year round, a fair return in dairy 

 products can be had even with cows not strictly of the dairy type. 



A FINE DAIRY HERD AND A FINE BEEF HERD. 



No. 29. Seven cows; Holsteins and Holstein gi-ades, excellent dairy 

 type. Cost of feed. $30; ration, ear corn, 5 pounds; bran, 3 pounds; a 

 little oil meal, shredded fodder, corn stover and clover hay in winter; 

 in summer, pasture only. 



Returns for butter fat per cow, $01.09; number pounds butter fat per 

 cow, 310.7; price of butter fat, 19.3 cents; value of butter fat for one 

 dollar's worth of feed. $2.03; net profit in butter fat over cost of feed, 

 $31.09. 



