DAIRY CATTLE AND THEIR PRODUCTS 169 



Skim-milk for twelve years, 72,585 pounds, worth 15 cents 

 per 100 pounds, $108.88. 



Total receipts for twelve years (not reckoning calves or 

 manure), $1,188.47, or $99.04 per year. 



Just think what the receipts of a dairyman would be whose 

 herd consisted of twenty-five cows of this kind $2,500 per 

 year, not counting calves and manure. 



Kose was bought for $50 when 4 years of age. She had 

 only ordinary treatment, no better than she would have re- 

 ceived on a good dairy farm. She had not been pampered 

 or fed to produce the utmost amount of milk. 



Remarkable as was the performance of this grade cow, 

 she was heralded not as standing apart in unapproachable 

 splendor, but as a great leader of the thousands of money- 

 making cows in Illinois. 



In the same herd Queen became conspicuous for a very 

 different reason. She had six years' record of 152 pounds 

 butter fat per year, and, in exact comparison for one year, 

 Rose made more, than three times as much butter fat as 

 Queen from exactly the same feed both in kinds and amount, 

 and with the same care. 



Quite unsuspected these Queens have everywhere honey- 

 combed dairy profits. All of them are "star boarders." The 

 more of them a dairyman keeps, the poorer he is. The way 

 to find out the only sure way is to weigh and test the milk 

 of each cow. 



The world's record milk production for one year is held 

 by the following individuals of their respective breeds : 



