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Feed records. If it is desired to know the cost of feeding 

 any kind of farm ^animals, feed records are necessary. Such 

 records consist of entries from time to time, as at the end of 

 each month, of the amounts of each kind of feed fed to a 

 particular group of farm animals. The following example 

 will indicate how such a record may be kept: 



FEED RECORD 



Production record. Since the value of an animal is 

 largely determined by its production, a record of this pro- 

 duction will indicate just how valuable the animal may be. 

 These records are especially valuable in milk and egg pro- 

 duction, for they may show what individuals to keep and 

 what ones to weed out, making it possible to improve the 

 herd or flock. The production record for milk is a good 



