376 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



RECORDS OF 

 TEN DAUGHTERS OF LORNE OF MERIDALE 



AND THEIR DAMS 



AVERAGE YEARLY MILK I dams 14542 



PRODUCTION IN POUNDS. r daughters I R75I 



AVERAGE PERCENT OF FAT. 



DAMS 1 430 



DAUGHTERS 1482 



AVERAGE YEARLY FAT I dams |22Q 



PRODUCTION IN POUNDS. r daughters 1 280 



INCREASE PER YEAR FOR 



TEN DAUGHTERS OVER 



nAKjl e I MILK 12090 LBS 



DAM5, 2 FAT 600 LBS 



3 INL.UMfc.{ F - ATi 2SCTLB % 15000 



rr 



The chart shows that the average milk production was raised 

 from 4,542 pounds per year to 5,751 pounds; the fat production 

 from 220 to 280 pounds per year. At butter-fat prices the ten 

 daughters of Lome of Meridale returned each year $150.00 more 

 than their dams. What a difference from the results from Mis- 

 souri Rioter. 



If we had milked thirty daughters of this bull six. years each, 

 their product would have exceeded their dams in value $2,700.00; 

 while the daughters of Missouri Rioter went $939.00 behind, or a 

 difference in thirty cows in six years of $4,639.00 in actual income. 



What would be the value of Lome of Meridale in a large herd, 

 we cannot say, but I am convinced that as a business proposition 

 an owner of a large herd could better pay $1,000.00 for him than 

 accept Missouri Rioter as a gift. Yet, if he had been offered for 

 sale when mature, the chances are that instead of bringing what 

 he was worth, he would have brought little more than a bull beef 

 price. 



The next herd bull was Missouri Rioter 3rd, 34587. This bull 

 was the son of Missouri Rioter, and was the only real good thing 

 this latter sire left in the herd. The remarkable qualities of Mis- 

 souri Rioter 3rd may come, in part, from his dam, which was the 

 best cow in the herd up to that time, and, like the sire, the daughter 

 of Bachelor of St. Lambert. 



