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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS. 



All Battle in the barns at the Central Experimental Farm are 

 under experiment to a greater or less extent. All cattle are not 

 necessarily in comparative tests, but a record is kept of the methods 

 of feeding and the quantities given to each animal. Results are 

 noted and conclusions drawn as to the values of different methods 

 of feeding and different rations under certain conditions. 



Moreover the total production of each individual is carefully 

 recorded, its value fixed according to the price on the market for 

 milk or butter at the time, and with the returns thus obtained, the 

 exact profit of each cow per year is arrived at by deducting the cost 

 of care and feeding. By this method of keeping accurate records 

 of the feed supplied and the milk and butter fat produced, it is 

 possible to weed out the 'boarders ' from a herd. As an example of 

 what this means to a farmer, it may be stated, as shown elsewhere 

 in this work, that the average return per cow at the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm in 1899 when this system was introduced was $51.2(2 

 while in 1911 it was $80.27, this being but s'ightly higher than 

 figures obtained in some of the intervening years. 



