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DAIRY CATTLE AND MILK PRODUCTION 



Ten daughters fall below their dams, and ten make some 

 gain. On the whole the daughters are practically on a par 

 with the dams, gaining only 55 pounds of milk and 4 pounds 

 of fat per lactation period. It should be pointed out that 

 the average of the dams is considerably higher than with 

 the first bulls used, which sets a higher standard for compari- 

 son. On the whole, the herd was just holding its own with 

 this bull at the head, and no general improvement was made. 

 Some of the best as well as some of the poorest animals in the 

 herd were daughters of this bull. Their dairy quality seemed 

 to follow the dams in most cases, while with Missouri Rioter 

 3d and Lome of Meridale the daughters were good regardless 

 of the dams. 



The last bull in the herd with daughters old enough to ad- 

 mit of a comparison of any value is Brown Bessie's Registrar. 

 This bull has five daughters, with eight lactation periods. 

 The comparison is made with the corresponding periods of 

 the dams. 



The data are too limited to mean much as yet, but it is cer- 

 tain his daughters are decidedly inferior compared with the 



