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The owner of this herd had been a close student of dairy problems 

 for eighteen or twenty years, and had been following a rigorous system 

 of selection. Three sires are in service in this herd, Eminent's Flying 

 Fox, imported, Sensational Fern 4th, and Honeymoon's Fairy Boy. 



In connection with five month's pasturage on native grasses, the 

 cows had the following feeds : 



Cottonseed meal $28.00 per ton 



Wheat bran 34.00 per ton 



Sucrene 28.00 per ton 



Mixed hay 15.00 per ton 



Corn silage 3.00 per ton 



Soiling crops 4.00 per ton 



TABLE NO. 15 



Records of Cows Producing 350 or More Pounds of Butter Fat Yearly 



Xumber 

 Herd 



XIV— '12. 

 XIV— '12. 

 XIV— "12. 

 XIV— '10. 

 XIV— '10. 

 XIV— '11. 

 XIV— '11. 



I... 



VIII. 



VIII. 



Average- 



Number 

 Cow 



17 



18 



25 



17 



25 



2 



19 



2 



2 



7 



Pound* 

 Butter Fat 



429.7 



398.0 

 358.0 

 375.8 

 351.6 

 353.4 

 350.3 

 370. 3 

 380.6 

 368.8 



374. 05 



138.43 



69.72 



Average food cost per pound of butter fat. 

 Average profit per cow 



.$ 0.17 

 . 68.71 



