DAIRY HUSBANDRY 



\V. S. Cunningham 



The Dairy Department was organized about November 1, 1918, 

 the dairy work being separated from the Department of Animal 

 Husbandry at that time. Much of the year was spent in adjusting 

 conditions in the department, so that little experimental work was 

 done. 



Records were kept of the milk and fat production for the year 

 and the results are given in Table VII. 



TAI5LK VII. — YIELDS OP* DAIRY COWS AT UNIVERSITY EARM , 1918-19 



.Name of cow 



Days dry 



before 



calving 



Days 



milk 



yield ill pound - 



Milk 



Butter- 

 fat 



Princess of Chewanbeek 



Childeberte 



*Gipsy Draconis 



Myrtle of Nogales 



Arizona s Butter Girl. . . 

 Average 



Jersey 



29 

 66 



n 



53 



360 

 338 

 365 

 260 

 260 

 316 



Belle Liscomb de Kol 2d 

 Josephine Arizona Maid 

 Moensje Jesse Aspirante 



Theresa Belle. 3rd 



Josephine Ariz. Maid II 



Madison Martha, 2d 



Miss Pell Pietertje 



Johanna Madison 



Pauline 



Theresa Belle De Vrier 

 tMolly Artis Pontiac 



Mercedes 



Theresa Belle Monona.. 



Average 



Holstein Friesian 



8.294.1 

 6,364.3 

 9,452.8 

 6,481.3 

 4.676.4 

 7,053.8 



399.5 

 366.3 



418.3 

 267.8 

 275.3 

 345.5 



10,344.3 

 14,136.3 

 13,423.2 

 11,350.2 

 7,458.4 

 11,679.0 

 10,750.8 



11,106.5 

 11,066.9 



6,275.2 



3,820.1 



10,128,3 



330.2 

 408.7 

 416.5 

 362.0 

 241.0 

 336.3 

 392.4 



287.8 

 357.2 



189.2 

 130.1 

 313.8 



m 'A 



> D 

 <J-2 



4.74 

 5.75 

 4.42 

 4.13 



5.88 

 4.89 



3.19 

 2.88 

 3.10 

 3.19 

 3.23 

 2.89 

 3.65 



2.59 

 3.22 



3.01 

 3.40 

 3.09 



♦Died December 29. 1919. 

 tSold. 



DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING EXPERIMENT 



In the spring of 1918 an experiment was conducted to deter- 

 mine the value of cottonseed cake as a supplement to alfalfa hay 

 and silage, for milk production. The results of that experiment 

 were not what was expected since the most unbalanced ration of 

 alfalfa hay and cottonseed cake gave the best results, both in quan- 

 tity of milk produced and in net profits. 



