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MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Average Yearly Record of Herd "F" for Two Years and Average Productioii for that 



Period. 



The herd in the second year gave 1,325 pounds more milk and 42 

 pounds more butter fat per cow than it did in the first. This can be 

 accounted for in three ways: 



(i) The cows received during the second year's test a better ra- 

 tion. 



(2) Many of the poor producing animals were disposed of at the 

 end of the first year's test. 



(3) A few new cows were purchased that proved to be good pro- 

 ducing animals. 



Yearyy Record of Joe's Bride for Two Years and Average Production for tbat I'erlod. 



Joe's Bride, the poorest cow in this herd, produced in two years 

 9,120 pounds of milk and 270 pounds of butter fat. There is no reason 

 why a good dairy cow with no adverse periods, should not produce in 

 one year, as much as this cow did in two years. 



Yearly Record of Check for Two Years and Average Production for tliat Period. 



Check's record is not high, but it is fairly good when her age is 

 considered. In her fifteenth year she made 12.2 pounds of butter fat 

 in seven consecutive days. This record permitted her to enter the 

 Holstein Friesian Advance Registry. 



