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and take an animal that was bought for another purpose 

 entirely. 



The question was raised this morning, ' ' What should 

 people do to enrich the milk ? " This comes back to the 

 proposition of constructing a cow ; and when a man com- 

 mences midway in any proposition, he will tind the propo- 

 sition cuts a very important figure. 



The Geneva Experiment Station in New York has been 

 exploring the cow a good deal. Here are some of the facts 

 they brought out in one exploration. 



They wanted to get at the value of the milk solids, so as 

 to have a reasonable basis to calculate from. They started 

 with seven different breeds of cows. They figured the milk 

 in gross worth $1.28 per 100 pounds, the milk solids worth 

 91 cents a pound and the butter fat worth 26^ cents a pound. 

 Starting with these figures as a basis of calculation, we find 

 the first table to show the following; results : — 



If the milk were all counted at $1.28 per 100 pounds, the 

 result is as we see it in the first column ; but, if we take 

 the value of the solids as a basis of value, we see a change 

 at once. The American-Holderness cow drops down from 

 $73.22 to $67.58; the Ayrshire, from $87.24 to $81.14; 

 the Holstein-Friesian, from $101.35 to $87.41 ; while the 

 Devon rises from $51 to $53.89; the Guernsey rises from 

 $68.93 to $75.04 ; the Jersey rises from $64.58 to $72.37 ; 

 and the Shorthorn rises from $72.50 to $80.85. 



If we take the butter fat as a basis of value, at 26^ cents 

 per pound, the Holderness drops to $56.12; the Ayrshire 



