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with another herd, or from the introduction of foreign cows 

 into your herd ? 



Mr. Emery. The first case I had was that of an Ayrshire 

 heifer that I bought at the auction of Mr. Fay's stock. She 

 was impregnated there, and when I brought her home, I 

 turned her into the early pasture. In June she lost her 

 calf. This year, I don't think I lost any until July ; then 

 they began to lose their calves, and in every instance but 

 one, M'here they came too early, I have lost the calf. I 

 saved one, but it was very hard work to do it. 



Question. Have you noticed much difference in the milk 

 production from this disease? Will not a cow give just as 

 much milk, take it the year through, if she loses her calf at 

 seven months, as she would have done if she had carried it 

 the full time? 



Mr. Emery. If they abort at four months, and come out 

 well, they will generally increase their milk. I made the 

 public statement three years ago, that I estimated fifteen per 

 cent, loss on a herd of cows where they were fed for the best 

 results for milk — between the milk-pail and the butcher. I 

 have come to the conclusion this year that the loss is over 

 twenty per cent. In two instances, this year, cows that I 

 paid $50 for, have gone for $22.50. I don't think that a 

 man can take a herd of thirty cows and work them for the 

 best production of milk, and get through with less than fif- 

 teen to twenty per cent, loss on his herd. If a cow costs you 

 $60, you are fortunate if you get $30 for her when you turn 

 her off. I presume you will all agree that beef made from 

 cows fed for that purpose at the last part of their milking, 

 costs twice what you get for it. I don't think there is any 

 other way, when you get through with a cow, than to send 

 her to the butcher, to go into bologna sausages, which is the 

 ordinary use of lean cow beef in this region. You will gain 

 nothing by attempting to fat them. It is a loss of grain. 



Question. Don't you think it is better for a man to get 

 a herd of young cows and keep them for several years rather 

 than get rid of them in three years ? 



Mr. Emery. You would find it hard to keep up the 

 quantity of milk necessary to supply a regular demand. I 

 have one cow that I have had eight years. She gives more 



