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Feeds and Feeding. 



The results of this interesting trial are shown in the following 

 table: 



Beef and dairy type cows compared Minnesota Station. 



Discussing the results, Haecker writes: "The productive 

 capacity of the cow depends more upon type and conformation 

 than upon size or breed. Those of the beef type produced fat at 

 a cost of seventeen and a half cents per pound; those carrying a 

 medium amount of flesh produced fat at a cost of fifteen and one- 

 tenth cents per pound; the spare cows lacking in depth of body 

 produced fat at a cost of fourteen and six-tenths cents per pound, 

 and the spare cows having deep bodies produced fat at a cost of 

 twelve and one-tenth cents per pound.' 7 



620. Effect of age of cow on productivity of feed. Studying 

 the Ohio Station herd, Thorne 1 reports on the influence of age 

 as follows: 



Effect of age of cow on returns for feed given Ohio Station. 



Kept. Ohio Sta., 1893. 



