Improvement of Missouri Herds. 



359 



Just notice the record made by No. 4. Only 120 pounds butter 

 fat during the same period of time and on the same food as No. 

 5, who yielded 295 pounds butter fat. Notice also No. 17. Ninety- 

 six pounds butter fat in six months. She certainly was not in- 

 tended for dairy purposes. 



S. W. Coleman, Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., says: "I have 

 never made a record of any one cow. It has been inconvenient for 

 me to do so, although I expect to at some future date. The only 

 record is on the herd, which is 400 pounds butter to the cow in 

 tweve months." 



HERD RECORD OF P. THEISS, WARRENSBURG, JOHNSON CO., MO. 



Name 



of 

 cow. 



No. of Amt. of 

 months I milk 

 milking. I given. 



Aver. % 



of 



fat. 



Lbs. 



butter 



fat. 



Cost 



of 



food. 



Profit. 



Profit 



per 



raontli. 



Remarks. 



Betty. 

 Bessy. 

 Pearly 

 VVite. . 

 Boss. . 

 Susy. . 

 Kate. . 

 Daisy . 

 Topsy. 

 Lilly.. 

 Jersey. 



$11 00 

 11 00 

 11 00 

 11 00 

 11 00 

 11 00 

 9 00 

 9 00 

 22 00 

 22 00 

 32 00 



Fir-st calf. 



First calf. 



<( «« 



"From experience in my herd I find that it is the only way of 

 doing business, and that a man don't know what he is doing any 

 other way." 



As a whole, the above record is a good one ; so also is the con- 

 clusion reached by this careful gentleman. 



Professor C. H, Eckles, Department Dairy Husbandry, Agri- 

 cultural College, Columbia, Mo., says regarding the College herd: 



Best Jersey. . . 

 Poorest Jersey. 



Av. 4 years. 

 Av. 5 years. 



8.065 lbs. milk. 

 3 , 290 lbs. milk . 



376 lbs. fat. 

 186 lbs. fat. 



