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The Bulletin 



TABLE NO. 7 



HERD NO. VII 



(1911-'12) 



As a side line to the general farm work three cows were kept on this 

 farm. The cows were grade Jerseys and, as their records show, were 

 above the average in production. 



Cow number 1 returned a clear profit of $2.00 per month, while num- 

 ber 2 and 3 returned a net profit of practically $5.00 per month. 



In this herd we find a practical demonstration of the real worth of 

 record work with the small herd. It actually required less than five 

 minutes of time each day to weigh and record the milk produced on the 

 farm and this, with a few minutes work each month, making the Bab- 

 cock test and summarizing the records, embraced the entire time re- 

 quired for the work throughout the year. Cow number 2, with only 

 $8.00 more feed, gave her owner $32.86 more profit than cow number 

 1 ; cow number 3, with an additional $8.00 worth of feed, gave $35.18 

 more profit than cow number 1. 



In connection with ten acres of meadow pasture for five months the 

 cows had the following feeds at the prices per ton given below: 



Cottonseed meal $26.00 per ton 



Cottonseed 19.85 per ton 



Wheat bran 35.00 per ton 



Shorts 38.00 per ton 



Sucrene 31.00 per ton 



Mixed hay 8.00 per ton 



Corn stover 8.00 per ton 



