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ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



The College Heed 



The college dairy herd at present consists of eighteen Jer- 

 seys, five pure-bred and thirteen grades, seven Ayrshires, three 

 Guernseys, three grade Durhams, two grade Holsteins. 



HEED EECORD FROAI NOVEMBEE 1. 1S08, TO OCTOBEE 31, 1899 



Month. 



Milch Dry 

 cows. cows. 



Pounds 7:^\.^iofi^ Average Average ! Pounds 



of 

 milk. 



inileli 

 cow. 



for 

 herd. 



fat 



test. 



of 

 butter. 



November. 

 December. 

 January. .. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August .. . 

 September 

 October . 



30 

 28 

 27 

 28 

 25 

 27 

 24 

 28 

 29 



C 

 5 



8 

 4 

 3 



575.33 

 696.93 

 824.26 

 756.88 

 866.38 

 748.54 

 727.74 

 724.08 

 725.47 

 659.27 

 759.48 

 800.21 



The herd has been equivalent to 323 milch cows and 65 dry 

 cows for one month, and has produced 166,728 pounds of milk 

 and 8,864.57 pounds of butter, making an average monthly 

 yield per head for 888 cows, 429 pounds of milk and 22.8 

 pounds of butter, or 5,118 pounds of milk and 273.6 pounds 

 of butter for the year. 



The data have been taken from the daily and weekly records 

 of the barn and creamery, and the butter calculated by the 

 standard formula, butter ^ 1 -|- ^ fat, instead of the actual 

 weights obtained, since the latter would involve corrections for 

 milk and cream sold and fed to the calves. 



Charles William Burkett, 



Agriculturist. 



