TESTED DAIRY ANIMALS CONNECTICUT. 237 



CONNECTICUT. 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AT STORRS. 



REPORT BY C. L. BEACH, PROFESSOR OF DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 



The study of individual cows of the college herd indicated that in the 

 cows of this particular herd the form and type of the cow is more reliable 

 than breed alone as an indication of her productive capacity, grade cows 

 of a distinctive dairy type surpassing thoroughbreds whose type indicated 

 lack of dairy quality. In order to test the relation of form or type of cows 

 to profitable production, we divided the whole herd into three groups, each 

 cow in the herd being included in the group to the type of which she most 

 nearly conformed. The divisions were made according to the physiolo- 

 gical features of the cow, and the study of the particular form of each cow, 



COW No. 2* REPRESENTING THE DAIRY GROUP, 

 ller Own Record for One Year (see table 1) is, Milk 8,465 Pounds, Butter 509 Pounds. 



along the lines suggested by Prof. T. L. Haecker, in his study of the cost 

 of production with the herd of the Minnesota Experiment Station. 



The first group includes the thin, spare, deep bodied cows, and has been 

 called the "Dairy group." The second group includes those carrying too 

 much flesh, and is styled the "Fleshy group." The third group contains those 

 lacking depth and width of the barrel, and are designated as " Lack- 

 ing abdominal capacity." The results of this grouping and a comparison 

 of the types included in each group are given on the following pages. 



1. Dairy group. The cows in this group are spare, with deep bodies 

 and well sprung ribs. The average production of the group is 351 pounds 



