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sister, and she yields a correspondingly greater 

 profit. The 300-egg hen will not cost 50% more 

 to keep than the producer of 200 eggs. The cow 

 that fills the pail with rich milk costs more to 

 feed than the poor type which gives only half 

 as much, but the cost is not in proportion to the 

 additional yield. The calf from the poor cow 

 takes nearly as much food to grow as the young- 

 ster raised by the good cow, but it is sold for 

 $5.00 as against a price in proportion to its 

 mother's worth on the part of the pedigreed 

 calf. 



The dairy farm which is large enough so that 

 the manager can take the time to properly test 

 the product of each cow has an advantage over 

 the small farm where a rush of work prevents 

 this keeping of records. No man on earth can 

 tell accurately the amount or quality of the 

 yield of any cow by simple inspection. Every 

 dairyman knows which are his best cows, but he 

 often knows wrong, unless the milk is weighed 

 every day and the Babcock tester used for the 

 butter-fat content. The least prepossessing 

 cow in my own herd gives a 7.40% butter-fat 



