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DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



TABLE 3 



RESULTS OF TWELVE MONTHS' RECORD FOR 719 Cows IN THE 



SOUTHERN STATES 



This table shows the best thirty cows produced about three 

 and one half times as much as the poorest thirty cows. The 

 former gave a return of $2.25 for each dollar invested in 

 feed to $1.18 for the latter. The best individual produced 

 nearly eight times as much as the poorest. 



Table 4 gives interesting data from the Storrs Experiment 

 Station herd covering a period of five years. In this herd 

 of 40 animals several were below the line of profit the first 

 year. After the second year as a result of culling, all animals 

 were kept at a good profit. 



