"MISSOURI CHIEF JOSEPHINE." 

 The Champion Dairy Cow of all the World. 



A PRACTICAL, LE6SON IN THE TREATMENT. FEEDING. WATERING AND MAN- 

 AGEMENT OF MILK COWS. 



The College of Agriculture in the University of Missouri, at Columbia, 

 has raised and developed the Champion Dairy Cow of all the World — 

 "Missouri Chief Josephine," a Holstein-Friesian. Her record in the 

 production of milk for six months is 17,008.8 pounds, which exceeds the 

 previous world's record for six months by 1,458 pounds. 



It is believed that without doubt Josephine will make a further great 

 record in the production of butter as well as milk. Her butter produc- 

 tion for six months amounts to 529 pounds, or nearly three per cent. 

 As she gets further along in her test the butter fat increases. On an 

 average test for one week it came to 4.1 per cent. A little more than a 

 half pound is the amount of butter available from the average dairy 

 cow's daily production. Josephine's butter production is between three 

 and four pounds daily. 



The 17,008.8 pounds of milk which she gave in six months gives her 

 an average of 93.4 pounds of milk daily for 182 days. This is equiva- 

 lent to 46.7 quarts or 11.6 gallons every day. Her highest record for 

 one day is 110.2 pounds, about 56 quarts or 14 gallons of milk, more 

 than the average healthy dairy cow gives in one week. She gives more 

 milk in two months than most cows give in a year. One can better 

 comprehend the enormity of the bulk of this cow's production when he 

 realizes that, as large as she is — weighing 1,370 pounds at the end of 

 her six months' test — Josephine produces more pounds of milk in six 

 months than twelve times her own weight, more than twice her weight 

 in milk each month; or, if you please, her own weight in milk every 

 two weeks. 



Another way to get at this is to compare her production to the nutri- 

 tion obtained from beef. According to a bulletin issued by the Uni- 

 versity of Missouri, Josephine's milk production for six months is 

 equivalent to "More human food than is contained in the carcasses of 

 three steers weighing 1,250 pounds each. This amount of milk is more 

 than equivalent to the nutrition obtained from 5,000 pounds of round 

 steak." 



At the rate of 15c per pound for round steak, Josephine's milk for 

 six months is worth more than $750.00, or more than $1,500.00 for a 

 year. Since the average man's yearry income, according to the yearly 



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