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Had these cows calved mostly in the autumn and been better fed the 

 results would have been better, but curiously enough they really approxi- 

 mate to the average result for the whole of Victoria. The average test 

 of this herd was higher, but the butter fat and money returns were 

 about the same. The first cow, allowing £2 2s, as the value of her skim 

 milk, would have given a net profit of £6 15s. Her 273 lbs. of butter fat 

 cost under 8d. per lb. to produce. ISTo. 15 cow, allowing 8s. 8d. for her 

 skim milk, showed a loss of £5 Is. 4d. ; her 71 lbs. of butter fat cost 

 2s. 6d. per lb. to produce. 



ISTo. 2 Herd. 



jSTow look at No. 2 herd. This consisted of 31 pedigree Jersey 

 cows, including first-calf heifers. Its average was 7,000 lbs. of milk, 

 containing 352ir lbs. butter fat which, at Is. per lb., equals £17 12s. 3d.; 

 630 gallons skim milk, which at Id. per gallon, equals £2 12s. 6d. 

 Allowing £11 per cow the butter fat from this herd cost 7|d. per lb. to 

 produce. 



