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before she can begin to yield a profit, when the cost of food, labor and other 

 items are computed at the market prices. Yet the above canvass shows 

 that only one-fifth of the cows included in the examination exceeded this 

 amount, while the general arverage is 50 pounds below it. If these figures 

 are taken as a fair index of the average production throughout the state 

 then it would seem that the dairy industry in Connecticut is far less profitable 

 than it ought to be. 



It is not difficult to discover sufficient reason for such poor showing, 

 locally and generally, on the part of Connectictit herds. Improper and 

 irrational feeding and poor care and management are causes in a great many 

 instances in which the quality of the cows might assure better results under 

 different feeding and care. There are records of experiments in which 

 herds of very ordinary cows, under proper care and feeding, have produced 

 surprising amounts of milk and butter, and have yielded handsome profits. 

 But a little careful study of dairy herds leads to the conclusion that no 

 inconsiderable part of the trouble lies in keeping cows that no system of 

 feeding nor the best care and management cou!4 ever make profitable, 

 at least so far as the dairyman is concerned. 



ILLINOIS. 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AT URBANA. 



REPORT BY W. J. FRASER, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 



ROSE. A grade cow, age 14 years, weight 1,225 pounds. Production 

 for five lactation periods as follows: 



June 6, 1894, to February 24, 1896, time 1 year, 8 months, 18 days 

 14,462.1 pounds milk, 703.89 pounds butterfat, 821.1 pounds butter. 



April 7, 1896, to December 6, 1897, time 1 year, 8 months 14,536 

 pounds milk, 762.19 pounds butterfat, 889.22 pounds butter. 



February 14, 1898, to February 27, 1899, time 1 year, 13 days 12,497.5 

 pounds milk, 506.93 pounds butterfat, 591.41 pounds butter. 



April 10, 1899, to July 2, 1900, time 1 year, 2 months, 22 days 12,579.5 

 pounds milk, 637.45 pounds butterfat, 743.69 pounds butter. 



August 27, 1900, to September 22, 1901, time 1 year, 25 days 6,018 

 pounds milk, 291.13 pounds butterfat, 339.65 pounds butter. 



Description: Wedge shape as viewed from top and front; general 

 appearance robust; head broad between eyes, well dished, quite fine; eyes 



