STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 709 



The herd in the second year gave 1,325 pounds more milk and 42 

 pounds more butter fat per cow than it did in the first. This can be 

 accounted for in three ways: (1) The cows received during the Becoud 

 year's test a better ration. (2) Many of the poor producing animals were 

 disposed of at the end of the first year's test. (3) A few new cows were 

 purchased that proved to be good producing animals. 



Yearly record of Joe's Bride for two years and average production 

 for that period: 



Year's Age, Date of Milk, Fat, Per Fat, Butter, Days in 



Work. Years. Breed. Calving. Pounds. Cent. Pounds. Pounds. Milk. 



First 9 Holstein 4/5/'02 5,136 3.00 145 180 275 



Second ... 10 Holstein 9/10/'03 3,984 2.91 116 135 274 



Average for two years 4,560 2.96 135 158 274 



.Joe's bride, the poorest cow in this herd, produced in two years 9,120 

 pounds of milk and 270 pounds of butter fat. Ihere is no reason why a 

 good dairy cow with no adverse periods should not produce in one year as 

 much as she did in two years. 



Yearly record of Check for two years and average production for that 

 period: 



Year's Age, Date of Milk, Fat, Per Fat, Butter, Days in 



Work. Years. Breed. Calving. Pounds. Cent. Pounds. Pounds. Milk. 



First .... 15 Holstein l/25/'02 6,812 3.16 215 251 252 



Second .. 16 Holstein 3/27/'03 5,475 3.36 184 215 259 



Average for two years 6,144 3.25 200 233 256 



Check's record is not high, buc it is fairly good when her age is con- 

 sidered. In her fifteenth year she made 12.2 pounds of butter fat in seven 

 consecutive days. This record pei-mitted her to enter the Holstein-Friesian 

 Advance Registry. 



Yearly record of Alfrida for two years and average production for that 

 period: 



Year's Age, Date of Milk, Fat, Per Fat, Butter, Days in 



Work. Years. Breed. Calving. Pounds. Cent. Pounds. Pounds. Milk. 



First ... 7 Holstein 10/14/'01 7,641 3.22 246 287 336 



Second... 8 Holstein ll/8/'02 11,445 3.40 389 454 365 



Average for two years 9,543 3.33 318 371 350 



Alfrida, the best cow in herd F, did considerably better in her second 

 year than she did during the first. At the beginning of her second year 

 she was officially tested but failed to qualify, making only 11.9 pounds 



