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THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. 



NEBRASKA. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION AT LINCOLN. 

 REPORT BY A. L. HAECKER, PROFESSOR OF DAIRY HUSBANDRY. 



The Nebraska Experiment Station for the past six years has kept 

 accurate records of a dairy herd ranging from ten to fifteen cows. The 

 herd until recent years has been largely composed of high-grade Jersey cows, 

 but during the past year a number of Holsteins have been added. The 

 following individuals illustrate type and conformation of some of the 

 specimens of the herd: 



ANNIE-HIGH GRADE JERSEY. 



The record will show this little cow to be a highly developed dairy 

 specimen. Her four years' record was made on light feed, consisting in 

 the summer of grass only, and in the winter months of alfalfa-hay and beets 

 for roughness, corn and bran for grain. Her development is strikingly 



