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Effective Farming 



ducted under the auspices of the Dairy Division of the Department with 

 a herd of nine cows at the National Dairy Show held in 1916 at Spring- 

 field, Mass. 



" A year's record of milk and butter-fat already had been made for all 

 the cows of the herd. During the show, complete records of production 

 and feed consumption were kept and in every case the previous records 

 were duplicated. Some of the cows were of poor dairy type, yet were 

 good producers ; others were of good dairy type, yet were poor pro- 

 ducers ; still others of similar appearance had greatly different records. 

 Of the last-named class were Nos. 8 and 9. Many experienced stock- 

 men selected No. 9 as the better of the two, but the records showed 

 that for the last year No. 8 gave 8,445 pounds of milk and 346 of fat 

 compared with 4,279 pounds of milk and 198 of fat for No. 9. This 

 served as an object lesson that good dairy type is not always associated 

 with large production and that poor dairy type does not indicate lack 

 of large yield." From Weekly News Letter published by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. 



SCORE-CARD FOR DAIRY CATTLE 1 



Breed Name 



General appearance. A dairy cow should weigh not less than 800 

 pounds, have large capacity for feed, a dairy temperament, well 

 developed milk organs, fine quality and perfect health, and be capable 

 of a large production of milk and butter-fat. 



1 From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin 281. 



