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sisters sired by this bull that through some "nick " proved 

 first-class animals. When the herd was culled on milk records 

 alone, nine out of the eleven daughters were sold. As long 

 as this bull was at the head of the herd, the tendency was 

 backward. 



The next bull used was Lome of Meridale. This bull had 

 a splendid pedigree from the standpoint of records of pro- 

 duction, and his offspring show the result. He had twelve 

 daughters in the herd, with a total of 67 lactation periods, 

 from dams with 66 lactation periods on record. Below is a 

 summary : 



His daughters show the remarkable increase of 1410 pounds 

 of milk and 66 pounds of fat per year over the dams. In only 

 two cases out of the eleven did the daughters fall below the 

 dams, and in one of these only slightly. In five cases the 

 increase was over 2000 pounds per year. If thirty daughters 

 of this bull had been milked six years, their total milk product 

 would exceed that of their dams by over 250,000 pounds, 

 worth $ 3750 at $ 1.50 per hundredweight. An equal number 

 of daughters of Missouri Rioter would have fallen 180,000 

 pounds behind their dams in the same time. Counting the 

 milk at $1.50 per hundredweight, the income from thirty 

 daughters of Lome of Meridale would exceed that from the 

 same number of daughters of Missouri Rioter $ 6467 in six 

 years. 



