CHAPTER VII 



ACCOUNTS WITH ANIMALS 



IT is difficult to keep a complete book account 

 with animals, because there are so many fluctua- 

 ting, indefinite and unpredictable factors concerned 

 in the feeding of the animal, in its products 

 and in its chances of longevity. However, expe- 

 rience has enabled us to reduce some of these 

 items to fairly uniform rules of practice. It is 

 hoped that the following advice is definite enough 

 to be useful to the careful farmer. 



MILK ACCOUNTS 



The following form indicates how the daily 

 yield of milk may be recorded accurately and 

 quickly. It is a copy of an actual record of an 

 entire mixed herd of cows of all ages and in 

 all stages of lactation, mostly far advanced in 

 the milk period. A spring balance, which can 

 be quickly adjusted so as to eliminate the tare 

 or weight of the pail, hangs near the place where 

 the milk is to be strained and recorded. Care is 

 taken to have the pails uniform in weight. The 



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