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Comfort Increases Milk Yield 



This matter of cow comfort is extremely important, for the way in which 

 a cow IS fastened in the stall has much to do with her milk-producing ability. 



The cow that is cramped, uncomfortable, fretted with various annoyances, 

 cannot do her best in making milk. 



The cow IS comfortable in the James stall; her movements are not cramped 

 in the least; having plenty of head room at the front of the stall she can he 

 down naturally, and turn her head to card herself, reaching all the way back 

 to her flank on either side. She is almost as free as though in the open yard, 

 yet IS tied securely. 



How much this matter of cow comfort has to do with milk yield is indicated 

 by the testimony of A. L. Canniff & Sons, Juneau, Wisconsin, who say: 

 "Before we remodeled our building our cattle averaged 32 pounds of milk 

 daily; after we remodeled the building they averaged 39.4 pounds of milk 

 daily, all conditions being equal with the exception of the James Steel Equip- 

 ment we installed. We attribute this gain of 7.4 pounds to the solid sanitary 

 comfort which our cattle received from the James steel equipment. 



The Telling Belle Vernon Dairy Company, Cleveland, Ohio, also re- 

 port along this line as follows: "The increase in milk per cow was from an 

 average of 19 pounds to an average of 25 pounds (6 pounds increase) per 

 day, at the end of about 3'/2 months after the installation of James equip- 

 ment, all other conditions being equal." 



H. R. Lobdell, Mukwonago, Wisconsin, says: "Just a few days ago 

 we were forced to take out of our barn part of our milking cows and put 

 them in an adjoining barn with the old wooden stanchions for a few days. 

 They were fed just the same feed and given just the same care but fell off 

 several pounds of milk, per cow, by the end of ten days. They were brought 

 back and at the end of twenty days had gained back to their normal pro- 

 duction. I am quite sure that the loss was caused principally by the loss of 

 the comfort of the better equipment and the better barn. The difference was 

 very noticeable in more ways than one." 



Drinking cups were not in use in any of these cases, therefore it seems 

 fair to assume that the greater comfort and greater freedom of the co\v in the 

 James stall was responsible for the increased yield. 



Certain it is that cows will produce more when comfortable and will pro- 

 duce less when uncomfortable, distracted or fretted. No other stall equals 

 the James in cow comfort and cow freedom. 



Improves Health of Cows 



The cleanliness afforded the cows by the use of James equipment, and the 

 sanitary conditions in the barn made possible, helps maintain better health in 

 the herd — and better health, of course, means more milk, with less money 

 spent doctoring sick cattle. 



