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sufficient milk to rear their young. The great cattle ranges of 

 the West are too near, and the competition too unequal to permit 

 of our farmers embarking in exclusive beef raising to any great 

 extent. On the other hand, the majority of our farmers are ap- 

 parently not desirous of keeping the so-called special-purpose 

 dairy cattle. They would like to keep a class of cattle, if such 

 could be obtained, that would give a sufficiently large quantity of 

 milk and butter- fat to return a fair profit on the feed and care 

 given them, and at the same time produce steers that would feed 

 well for beef. 



The first year's work with this set of cows 

 closed with the grade Short-horn Rose estab- 

 lished as the greatest producer in the herd; 

 returning the greatest profit over cost of feed, 

 although milked only 326 days out of the 365. 

 During that time she produced 10,163 Ibs. of 

 milk, containing 433.82 Ibs. of butter-fat, the 

 equivalent of 506.12 Ibs. of butter. The average 

 amount of fat in her milk for the year was 4.2 

 per cent. The total feed consumed during the 

 entire year cost $35.06. The total value of the 

 butter and skim -milk produced was $114.92, 

 leaving a profit over cost of feed of $79.86. Her 

 butter, produced at a cost of 6.9 cents, was 

 made more economically than that from any 

 special-purpose cow in the herd. The second 

 best result was obtained from one of the Guern- 

 sey grades, showing a profit of $68.04, but the 

 third best record in the herd was made by the 

 grade Short-horn cow Duchess, that produced 

 439.83 Ibs. of butter at a net profit of $67.07. 

 Speaking of this first year's experiment Prof. 

 Carlyle says: 



