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College Paudora, 6,758.6 pounds milk and 438.49 pounds butter. 



College Pogis, 4th Pet, 7,753.6 pounds milk and 425.3 pounds butter. 



College Pogis 4th, 7,413.1 pounds milk and 405.3 pounds butter. 



College Pogis 3d, 7,186.3 pounds milk and 392.4 pounds butter. 



College Content 2d (heifer) 6,012.7 pounds milk and 353.5 pounds 

 butter. 



No less remarkable were the results secured from the Brown Swiss, a 

 strictly dual-purpose type, which, to the dairy specialist, appears to 

 be too large, coarse and beefy, with too much bone, too large joints, 

 and too thick skinned for milk producers. 



The records for the last period of lactation not exceeding twelve 

 months from four Brown Swiss cows are as follows: 



Becky, 9,655.3 pounds milk and 424.9 pounds butter. 



College Becky, 10,156.2 pounds milk and 456.29 pounds butter. 



College Becky 2d, 9,477.8 pound milk and 418.3 pounds butter. 



College Bravura, 8,120.1 pounds milk and 406.3 pounds butter. 



These cows received the same kinds of food and the same treatment 

 as the balance of the herd. The ability of this breed to produce a good 

 class of beef steers is being studied by the College and fat steers are 

 being brought to the block to undergo slaughter tests. 



The dual-purpose Shorthorns, owned by H. H. Hinds, were tested as 

 regards dairy production also during the last year but under somewhat 

 different conditions from the rest of the herd, giving the following 

 results during twelve month milking periods: 



Mary Wellington 5th, milk, 8,696.4 pounds; fat, 338.16 pounds; but- 

 ter, 394.52 pounds. 



Lady Knightly 15th, milk, 9,710.9 pounds; fat, 348.15 pounds; but- 

 ter, 406.17 pounds. 



Pansy of Stanton 35th, milk, 10,054.8 pounds; fat, 391.35 pounds; 

 butter, 456.57 pounds. 



The Guernsey cow, Bonnie May, made 447 pounds of butter during 

 twelve months of her first period of lactation. 



During our last dairy year ending about October 1, 1903, the average 

 production from twenty cows in the herd, consisting of the various 

 breeds mentioned, was 7,444.28 pounds of milk and 343.67 pounds of 

 butter. As it has been estimated that the annual butter production 

 for the 534,000 milch cows in the State of Michigan does not exceed 

 200 pounds per capita, it will thus be seen that the possibilities of 

 improving the productiveness of the dairy cow in general are great. 



The chief objects of the present method of operation are to follow- 

 as closely as possible along lines of practical feeding and management 

 with a view to economic production rather than to attempt the estab- 

 lishment of records under methods inapplicable by the ordinary pro- 

 ducer. Attention is especially directed to the investigations now in 

 progress looking toward the determination of the relative values of 

 dried molasses beet pulp versus dried beet pulp. 



The discussion of Professor Shaw's address was opened by Mr. E. A. 

 Croman, of Grass Lake, as follows: 



Those who were at the barns this morning during the hour devoted 

 by Professor Shaw to the judging of dairy cows and have again listened 

 to him here, know as much about the College dairy herd as I do. Ten 

 years ago, when I began selecting a dairy herd, I made frequent trips to 



