CHAPTER XV. 



Managing the Dairy Herd to Produce 

 the Largest and Richest Milk Yields 



Importance of Proper Care and Feeding. 



It is not so much a matter of cows as it is a matter 

 of care. 



Recent investigations have proven that even com- 

 mon cows are capable of producing much larger yields 

 than those secured by the average farmer. 



One of our large state universities has in its dairy 

 herd a number of common cows. 



It has been proven that these common cows and 

 by common cows it is meant cows having no dairy 

 heredity can be induced to greatly increase their year- 

 ly yield. The average yield from these common cows, 

 over records taken each year for twenty-three years, 

 is 5,000 pounds of milk and 222 pounds of butter. 



If we figure the butter at the rate of thirty cents 

 per pound, it means that the product of each cow has 

 a value of $66.60 for butter alone. Since the average 

 yield of the common cow is $46.40 according to aver- 

 age statistics, this certainly proves that care and proper 

 feeding will induce the average cow to yield $20.20 

 more per year. 



The foregoing must not be misunderstood. It is 

 not in any way a disparagement of the practice of 



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