TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Description of Farms Studied 3 



Size of Farms 3 



Sources of Income 3 



Land Use 3 



Pastures 4 



Pasture Supplements 4 



The Dairy Herds 4 



Addition to Milking Herds 5 



Cow Sales 6 



Adequacy of Heifers for Maintenance 7-8 



Replacement Practices 9 



Raising Heifers 9 



Why Farmers Raise Replacements 9 



Practices and Feed Costs 9-14 



Comparison of Ten Highest Feed Cost Farms With 



Ten Lowest 14 



Purchasing Cows 14 



Some Purchased Cows 15 



Quality of Cows Being Sold 16-19 



Disease and Replacement Practices 19 



The Tuberculin Test 19-20 



Abortion 21 



Application and Conclusions 21-25 



Summary 26 



Appendix 27 



