over 25,000 pounds more cheese than in 1914. We could, and with a little care would, 

 have made even a better showing. An analysis of our output by months shows that 

 83% of our total make of creamery butter wr.s made during the six summer months 

 (the first of May to the end of October) and 17% during the other six months of the 

 year. Careful attention should be given to the growing of suitable fall and winter foods 

 and to the proper housing of the cows during th° f all months. This, in itself, would 

 enhance production very considerably. A very strong effort should and will be made 

 to increase the quantity and improve the quality of our dairy products during 1916." 



CANADIAN DAIRY RECORDS 



Production Increased by Testing 



CHAS. F. WHITLEY, Dairy Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 

 Average Yields in Canada 



While the increase in the number of cows in Canada between 1900 and 1910 was 

 only seven per cent, the total production of milk during the same period increased 

 forty-three per cent. The census figures for 1910 give the average yield per cow as 

 3,805 pounds of milk. In 1914 the average yield per cow of 14,559 cows on the register 

 of the cow-testing associations was 5,121 pounds of milk, 3.6 test, 189.4 pounds of 

 fat. Probably the explanation of the forty-three per cent, increase in milk yield is to 

 be found in the fact that the cow-testing movement as carried on by the dairy division 

 of the Dominion Department of Agriculture is exerting a powerful influence not only on 

 its immediate membership but on the thought and practice of many dairy farmers in 

 Canada. 



The value of cow-testing lies in the fact that definite, exact knowledge is obtained 

 of each individual cow; her actual production, her profitable response to more feed, 

 her likelihood of improvement. One point is strongly insisted upon and constantly 

 reiterated — a knowledge of the individual, not the average or total yield. This is 

 essential if cows are to be handled intelligently. What a disappointment it must be to 

 any novice in cow-testing to find that though his herd of 12 cows may average 4,160 

 pounds of milk, an analysis of the work of each individual for the year discloses the fact 

 that five mature cows, kept under precisely similar conditions as the rest of the herd, 

 failed to pay for their $35.00 worth of feed, each one of the five incurring an average loss 

 of over five dollars. If five, or if only three, in a herd of twenty average cows are found 

 to be unprofitable, the loss of time, feed and energy spent in handling is very great. 



Cow-testing aims at making every hour, every pound of feed, every unit of power, 

 every acre fit for cows not only profitable, but increasingly so. 



The World's Records for Breeds. 



It may be interesting to note what individual pure-bred cows have done. The 

 latest available yields are: 



Lbs. Per Lbs. 



Breed Name of Cow Age of Cent. of 



Milk Fat Fat 



Holstein Duchess Skylark Ormsby Mature 27,761 4.3 1,205.09 



Holstein Tilly Alcarta Mature 30,452 3.1 951 . 30 



Jersey Sophy 19th of Hood Farm Mature 17,557 5.6 999.2 



Guernsey Murne Cowan Mature 24,008 4.5 1,098.1 



Ayrshire Auchenbrain Brown Kate 



4th Mature 23,022 3.9 917.60 



French-Canadian.. Fille Mature 10,767 4.2 453. 



All the above records are held in the United States, except that of the French- 

 Canadian. 



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