928 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



butter from flesh meal feeding will be faultless when first made, a fishy- 

 taste is apt to appear when the butter is kept for some time. The 

 consensus of opinion among farmers is on the whole favorable to the 

 use of whale flesh meal for cows. The quantities fed ranged from 

 0.4 to 3.3 lbs. per head per day. Flesh meal is also reported as fed to 

 bulls, growing cattle, swine, and poultry with satisfactory results.— 



F. W. WOLL. 



Dairy herd record for 1893, T. L. Hacker {Minnesota 8ta. Bui. 

 35, pp. 37-53, -fig. 1). — This is a record for the year 1893 of the 23 cows 

 of the college herd, including the kinds, amount, and cost of food 

 eaten; weight of cows and milk and butter fat produced; percentage 

 of fat in milk; and cost of feed. The herd included the following 

 breeds: Jersey, Holstein, Guernsey, Shorthorn, Polled Angus, and 

 crosses and grades of these breeds. The data are given for each of the 

 cows individually. 



"No special effort was made to select an economical ration; the cows were fed 

 bran, barley, corn, linseed meal, silage, roots and hay as had been the practice 

 theretofore." 



The milk from each milking was weighed and recorded and a sample 

 taken for testing. The data given are discussed in detail. 



"The record of the dairy herd for the year 1893 seems to warrant the following 

 conclusions: 



" (1) The average annual cost of keeping a dairy cow is $38. 



" (2) A herd of cows bred on dairy lines, well fed and carefully handled, will pro- 

 duce on an average 6,400 lbs. of milk per year at a cost of 62 cts. per 100 lbs. and 

 12^ cents a pound for butter fat. 



" (3) A herd of good dairy cows well fed and carefully handled will produce on 

 an average 300 lbs. of butter fat each per year, which is equivalent to 365 lbs. of 

 butter per cow. 



" (4) The average cost of a pound of butter will be 10^ cts. 



" (5) Taking the entire herd, the average cost of a pound of butter fat during the 

 winter months is 13.9 cts." 



Records of the station herd for 1892 and 1893, J. L. Hills 

 {Vermont Sta. Bpt. 1893, pp. 81-87). — This is a detailed record for each 

 cow of the station herd for the years 1892 and 1893. The record for 

 1892 is reprinted with some additions from the Annual Report of the 

 station for 1892 (E. S. R., 5, p. 320). 



The record for 1893 includes 21 cows. It shows the number of days 

 the cows were in milk, the total yield and composition of the milk of 

 each cow, the yield of milk constituents, the calculated yields of butter 

 and cheese, the number of pounds of milk required to make 1 lb. of 

 butter and cheese, and the relation between the value of the entire 

 product from butter and cheese. The butter yield is calculated by 

 assuming 110 lbs. of butter to be made from 100 lbs. of butter fat, and 

 the yield of green cheese is calculated by multiplying the per cent of 

 fat by 1.1 and the per cent of casein by 2.5. The summary of the 

 record for 1893 is as follows : 



