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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Dairy Herd. 



The dairy herd, under careful management, has improved consistently, 

 it contains a total of twenty-six head of Holsteins, comprising one herd bull, 

 ten cows three years old or over, four two-year heifers, three yearling heifers 

 and eight young calves. 



The average production of the herd per head for 1919 was 11,851 pounds 

 of milk, and for the year 1920 was 12,990 pounds of milk. This average is 

 for all animals that have completed one lactation period. The yearly milk 

 records of the herd for the last completed lactation period were as follows : 



No. 17—16,895 pounds No. 23—11,252 pounds 



No. 19— 14,974 " No. 26— 9,530 " 



No. 18— 16,352 " No. 30— 11,647 " 



No. 21— 11,899 " No. 31— 7,771 " 



No. 22—13,317 " No. 37—15,671 " 



This production has been made under conditions similar to those on any 

 good dairy farm with no special effort being made to make high individual 

 records. For a short time after freshening, the highest producers were milked 

 three times daily until their udders became in good condition to stand 

 milking but twice. 



No. 31 was seriously handicapped on account of trouble with her teeth. 

 The highest daily record was made by No. 18 giving ninety pounds of milk, 

 which tested 3.2 percent butter fat. * She also produced in the month of 

 March 2215 pounds and in April 2515 pounds of milk. 



In the summer the herd received most of their feed in the pasture. During 

 the worst of the fly season, however, considerable grain was fed to hold up 

 production, and the cows were kept in the barn during the middle of the day 

 in order to escape the flies. 



Most of the products from the dairy are sold as whole milk and sweet 

 cream in Marquette and Munising, only enough milk being separated here 

 to supply skim milk for the pigs and calves. The surplus breeding animals 

 have been sold to farmers in the Upper Peninsula. 



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Fig. No. 3. The foundation lierd at tlie Chatliam Sub-Station. Ttiis pure bred herd is contributing 

 to the production records of many farm herds in the northern peninsula by furnishing many well 

 bred male and female animals. 



