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TABLE 1 



PRODUCTION OF AVERAGE BEST AND POOREST Cow IN TWENTY-FOUR 

 ILLINOIS HERDS 



Table 2 gives the results of a year's test made by the Kansas 

 Experiment Station l of a herd of fifteen cows which shows the 

 same facts in a striking manner. The table is arranged in three 

 divisions, the records of the best five cows are placed in the 

 first group, the records of the next best five in the second 

 group, the records of the poorest five in the third group. The 



1 Erf. Report Nat. Creamery Butter Makers' Association, 1906. 



