FIG. 2 



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LOCATION OF 

 SLAUGHTERERS 

 IN 1952 

 • COMMERCIAL 



X CUSTOM 



The 1953 report of cows and heifers two years old and over kept for 

 milk is 70,000.1 js^^ ^n annual culHng rate of 20 percent, 14,000 replace- 

 ments per year would be required to maintain present cow numbers. 



The Dairy Herd Improvement Association estimates that 6 per 100 

 milking cows of their association herds are sold for replacement. This pro- 



D. C. 



1 Livestock on Farms, Jan. 1, 1953. USDA Crop Reporting Board, Washington, 



