194 



MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



ROSE.— No. 1802 Maine State Jersey Herd Book. Ten years old. 

 ber 15, 1896, and November 16, 1897. 



Calved Septem- 



1897. 



Milk 

 —lbs. 



Test 



Fat 

 —lbs. 



Butter 

 —lbs. 



January 



February .. 



Marcb 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 



October 



November . 

 December.. 



716.7 

 610.7 

 601.0 

 584.3 

 598.4 

 586.5 

 567. a 

 555.3 

 510.6 

 280.9 

 323.7 

 574.2 



6509.6 



5.1 

 5.1 

 5.0 

 4.9 

 4.0 

 4.9 

 4.7 

 4.8 

 4.3 

 4.4 

 4.3 

 4.6 



36.55 

 31.14 

 30.05 

 28.63 

 23.93 

 28.73 

 26.66 

 26.65 

 21.95 

 12.35 

 13.91 

 26.41 



306.96 



42.64 

 36.23 

 35.06 

 33.40 

 27.91 

 33.52 

 31.10 

 31.09 

 25.61 

 14.41 

 16.23 

 30.81 



35S.01 



Food consumed, 4,600 pounds bay 



3,400 pounds grain 



7,000 pounds silage . . . 



15 bushels turnips 



Pasturage , 



Cost of food for each pound of milk. . 

 Cost of food for each pound of butter. 



$23 00 





25 50 





8 00 





1 50 





5 00 



$63 



.97 



cents 



17.59 cents 



ADDIE S.— No. 2383 Maine State Jersey Herd Book. Eight years old. 

 September 10, 1896, and October 8, 1S97. 



Calved 



January 



February ... 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October — 

 November .. 

 December .. 



1897. 



Milk 

 -lbs. 



703.0 

 575.1 

 534.7 

 464.1 

 452.4 

 465.1 

 262.7 

 162.6 

 12.5 

 680.9 

 859.2 

 692.6 



5864.9 



Test 



5.3 

 5.2 

 5.5 

 5.0 

 4.0 

 5.0 

 4.7 

 4.9 

 5.0 

 4.6 

 4.8 

 4.3 



Fat 

 -lbs. 



37.26 

 29.90 

 29.40 

 23.20 

 18.09 

 23.25 

 12.34 

 3.06 

 .62 

 31.32 

 41.24 

 29.78 



279.46 



Butter 

 —lbs. 



43.47 

 34.88 

 34.30 

 27.06 

 21.10 

 27.12 

 14.39 

 3.57 

 .72 

 36.54 

 48.11 

 34.72 



326.00 



Food consumed, 4,200 pounds hay 



3,100 pounds grain . . . 



7,000 pounds silage . . 



15 bushels turnips 



Pasturage 



Cost of food for each pound of milk . 

 Cost of food for each pound of butter 



$21 00 





23 25 





8 00 





1 50 





5 00 



$58 



1.00 



cents 



18.02 



cents 



