January, 1938] 



Dairy Herd Replacements 



17 



Table 10. An appraisal of coivs sold for production according to purpose of 



raising heifers. 



Purpose of 

 raising heifers 



u o 





g| 



0) "S 



fc, u a) 



> !:: " 



bo 

 « 



be 



.1! 



HI " 



cs 2 



M S CS 3 



c -s 



So 



2 



73 



c gc 



S.2 ?! 



For income 

 in addition 

 to replacements 160 87 



For replacements 

 only* 215 38 



DoUars Years Days Pounds 



36 7'7 5.5 57 40 48 93 



22 62 6.6 62 36 46 40 



All farms 



375 



59 



28 69 6.1 59 38 47 



62 



* Includes three cows sold by farmers who purchase all replacements. 

 t Production per day at about 30 days after freshening. 



cows may have been heavy producers but because of some defect, which 

 would soon make them unprofitable, they were disposed of for continued 

 production when they should have been slaughtered. 



Cows sold for production from herds of which 10 per cent or less were 

 raised were all cows which had been purchased into the herd and only 

 five or 15 per cent of the 33 so disposed of were sold for reasons classed 

 as good (Table 11). Two-thirds were sold direct to farmers. On the 

 average, these cows had reached the age at which rapid depreciation 

 usually begins ; they were dry for an average of two and one-half months 

 and were usually low producers. On the other hand, 93 per cent of the 

 cows sold from farms on which cows raised comprised over 90 per cent 

 of the herd, were sold for good reasons. Nearly three-fifths of these 

 were sold to dealers. There is every indication that better cows can be 



Table 11. Appraisal of cows sold for production according to the per cent 

 of the respective herds that were raised. 



Per cent of 

 herd raised 



be S 



Sh « 0) 



bo 

 si 



V 



so 



u 



> 



bo-O 

 (S o 



W S « 3 



■32 



CO S 



Ah 



O 



"•a 



SMS 

 1. Vi «8 



pL| 



10 and less 



11 to 50 

 51 to 90 

 91 to 100 



Dollars Years Days 



65 7.6 73 



62 5.5 54 



70 5.7 60 



73 6.6 59 



Pounds 



30 67 



39 44 

 38 50 



40 42 



15 

 30 

 68 

 93 



All herds 



375 



59 



28 



69 



6.1 



59 



38 



47 



62 



