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vary in productive powers, and since this variation is not in 

 proportion to weight of body, it follows that if rations are ad- 

 justed to the actual requirements of animals the nutritive ratio 

 of the rations will also vary." 



A New World Record. 



"It remained for the Missouri College of Agriculture at Colum- 

 bia, Missouri, to raise and develop the Champion Dairy Cow of 

 all the world. Missouri Chief Josephine, a Holstein-Friesian cow 



Fig. 12,— Missouri Chief Josephine. 

 (Courtesy Missouri Experiment Station.) 



finished her six months test on July i8th, producing 17,008.8 

 pounds, an average of 93.4 pounds of milk daily for 182 days. 

 This is equivalent to 46.7 quarts, or 11. 6 gallons every day. 

 Her highest record for one day was 110.2 pounds. This record 

 is the more remarkable because no special preparation had been 

 made for this test and Josephine has done her full duty in the 

 regular dairy herd of the University, having had five calves in 

 five and one-half years. 



