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lowed to substitute any animals that liiey wished. In the 

 cheese contest the cheese was valued as follows: That scor- 

 ing 95 to 100, at 16c; 90 to 95, at 14c; 85 to 90, at 12c; 80 to 

 85, at 10c. The cost of food for producing one pound of cheese 

 was, for Guernseys, $6.74 ; for Jerseys, $6.76, and for Short- 

 horns, $9.22. The tig-ures of tutal production and cost were 

 as follows : 



Pounds milk Pounds clieese ('ostof 



Breed given made food 



Guernsey 10,938.6 1.1.U).62 $76. J,^ 



Jcrse.v 13.296.4 1.4.^1.76 98 14 



Shortliorn 12,186.7 1.U77.6I) 99,3b 



The prices of foodstuffs per ton were: Cornmeal, ??22 ; 

 corn hearts, $13.50; oats, $23; cottonseed, $26; bran, $12.50; 

 middlings, $13; grano gluten, $14.75; oil meal, ^22; hay, 

 $11.50; and ensilage, $5. It is very difficult to compute com- 

 parative profits for these cows because prices of food and 

 products have so changed. 



In the following table the results of the 90-day butter 

 test are given in a nutshell : 



Food. 



Jerseys Guernseys Shorthorns 



Total Daily Total Daily Total Daily 



for average for average for average 



herd per cow herd per cow herd per cow 



Hay, old 7,940.3 3.53 14,343 6.37 13,545 6.3 



Hay new 13.270 5,9 11.775 5,23 9,565,4 4,38 



Clover, green 27,788,3 12 6 16,110 7,16 725 .33 



Grass, swale 240 .11 .... 



Silage 4,617 2.05 582 .26 51,707.4 23.64 



Bran 11,992.5 5.33 13,040.5 5.8 10,853.5 4,96 



Middlings 9,452.5 4.2 4,018.5 1.8 5.773,5 2.64 



Corn hearts 12,748.5 5.66 7,430 3.3 9.864 5 4 51 



Corn meal 1,100.75 .49 705 .32 



Oats 2,561 1.1 168.35 ,074 2,078 .95 



Oil meal 4.667 2.07 2,465.5 1.09 2,180 1.00 



Cottonseed meal .. 2,962 25 1,32 2,063 .91 3,277 1.5 



Grano gluten 867 .38 3,304.5 1,47 1,662 .76 



Cream gluten 1.894 ,84 2,973,6 1,36 



Cost .r $587.50 $0,261 $484,14 $0,215 $505,48 $0,231 



Products. 



Milk pounds 73,478,8 32,65 61,781,7 27,46 66,263,2 30,62 



Test,' per cent 4,784 4,507 3,727 



Fat pounds 3,545.17 1.562 2.784.56 1,238 2,409.97 1,111 



Loss of fat, poun.ls, 96.31 96,22 , /^827 



Other solids, pounds 6,465,05 2,873 5.501,44 2 445 5,/,iO,83 2,662 



The food cost per pound of fat was: Jersevs, $.1666; 

 Guernseys, $.174; Shorthorns, $.209. 



In the 30-dav test of 2S cows, each breed produced as fol- 

 lows : .,.-,, 



Pounds Pounds Cost Cost of fat 



Breed ™''k ^t of food per pound 



Tersev ... 13.921.9 685,81 $111,23 $0,162 



Cmernsey '.'. 13,518,3 597,86 92.76 .157 



Short"rn ■ 15,618.3 555.71 104.55 .188 



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