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ALABAMA, AS REPORTED BY R. W. CLARK. 



Susan made 331.7 pounds butter, while Ada was making 

 168.4; Susan gave net profit of $58.71, while Ada gave but $17.85. 

 In the year following Susan made a net profit of $48.25, while 

 Clemintina was making $7.46. 



MINNESOTA, AS REPORTED BY T. L. HAECKER. 



In the year 1894 the cow Allie gave a total of 161.35 pounds 

 butter fat, while Huston, on the same feed and the same stable, 

 made 305.46 pounds butter fat. Allie barely paid her board, while 

 Huston made a good profit. 



ILLINOIS, AS REPORTED BY A. J. GLOVER. 



Mr. Glover tested many herds over the State for a period 

 of two years, and reports the best cow tested is Pet, herd N, who 

 gave 428 pounds butter, while No. 6, herd A, was giving 158 pounds 

 butter. He adds : 



COMPARING THE AVERAGE PERFORMANCE OF TEN OF THE BEST COWS 

 AND TEN OF THE POOREST COWS TESTED FOR TWO YEARS. 



The average production of the best ten cows was 3,579 pounds 

 more milk and 194 pounds more butter fat per year than the aver- 

 age production of the ten poorest cows. While the average yield 

 of butter fat by the best cows is about two and one-fourth times 

 greater than the yield of butter fat by the poorest, yet the net 

 profit is many times larger. To illustrate: If iti takes 150 

 pounds of butter fat per year to pay for a cow's keeping, a cow that 

 produces 151 pounds of butter fat per year returns to her owner 

 a net profit of one pound of butter fat; if another cow gives 152 

 pounds of butter fat per year, she returns to her owner a net 

 profit of two pounds of butter fat, or twice as much profit as the 

 cow that produced 151 pounds of butter fat; therefore, the cow 

 that produced 152 pounds of butter fat is twice as profitable a 

 cow as the one that produced 151 pounds of butter fat, because she 

 gives a net profit of two pounds of butter fat instead of one. 



