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In Table III is shown the record of the 10 poorest cows in the 103 head. It 

 is worthy of note that none of the cows in the herd of pure hreds, 30 in num- 

 ber, appear in this table. 



TABLE III. 

 Showing the 10 Poorest Cows. 



It will be seen by comparing the tables that the average net income from 

 Lot I was $98.88; Lot II, $58.23, and from Lot III, $12.42. Many of the cows 

 in Lot III would have run their owners in debt for the feed eaten had it not 

 been for the high price of butter fat, viz., 35 cents per pound. 



The average cost of producing a pound of butter fat : Lot I was 15.1 cents ; 

 Lot II, 18.1 cents; Lot III, 29.1 cents. The 103 head produced butter fat at a 

 cost of 20.2 cents per pound ; eliminating the 30 head pure bred brings the cost 

 of butter fat to 22.3 cents per pound. 



The poorest herd, 15 cows, produced an average net profit of $20.95. The 

 best herd, 30 cows, all pure bred Jerseys, produced an average profit of $70.01, 

 while the next best 10 cows produced an average profit of $47.00. 



These tables show the importance of weighing and testing the milk of each 

 cow in the herd, as nothing else can. But I hear some one in the audience 

 say, "Are you not afraid that if we all do this that we will soon overstock 

 the market with butter?" What! Afraid! when North Carolina ranks 25th 

 as a dairy State, has only five cows per square mile, as against 32 in New 

 York,, and imports 1,000,000 pounds of butter annually. 



MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE DAIRY DEMONSTRATION WORK OF THE 

 UNITED STATES AND STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE- 

 KEEPING HERD RECORDS. 



By J. W. Robinson, Catawba County. 



Two years ago last May I started into the dairy business with a hand 

 separator and ten cows. The cows were such as I. could pick up about the 

 country; most of them were bought when they were calves and kept until 

 freshening. 



