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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



Best and poorest records of entire herd above three years of 



age: 



Jersey. 

 Jersey. 



1 year. 

 1 year. 



10,200 lbs. milk. 

 2,607 lbs. milk. 



465 lbs. fat. 

 115 lbs. fat. 





Best Holstein. . . 

 Poorest Holstein. 



1 year. 

 1 year. 



12,096 lbs. milk. 

 7,755 lbs. milk. 



410 lbs. fat. 

 245 lbs. fat. 



"No. 21 and No. 62 are both registered Jerseys, raised on the 

 College Farm. They were sired by the same bull, and their moth- 

 ers were somewhat related. Both were raised under the same 

 conditions and have had the same kind of food and treatment all 

 their lives. During the two milking periods both have received 

 practically the same ration, except No. 21 was given somewhat 

 more on account of her greater appetite. The difference in the 

 production of these two animals can only be attributed to their in- 

 dividuality. 



The average production of the cows above two years old in 

 dairy herd in 1906 was 85 lbs. of butter fat more than the average 

 production in 1901. This improvement has been brought about 

 by culling out the inferior animals. About one-third of the herd 

 on hand in 1901 was sold on account of their low production." 



ILLINOIS, AS REPORTED BY W. J. FRASER. 



Comparison in Milk Production. — "The cows in the better 

 herd were picked up here and there at moderate prices. They 

 have been producing milk throughout the year at the rate of 18 

 cans to 45 cows, or 2i/o cows to a can (8 gallons) . The latter herd 

 has been yielding at the rate of 5^ cans to 34 cows, or 6.4 cows to 

 the can. 



"When milk sells at $1.15 per hundred pounds, this means that 

 the average cow in the better herd produces 291/2 cents' worth of 

 milk per day, or $88.50 worth as the total for a year of ten months. 

 The poorer herd yields 11 1/2 cents' worth of milk per qow per d,ay, 



