DAIRY COWS 



VT 



During July, August and September of this year, she was fed daily a 

 grain ration of the above mixture of 9 to 10 lbs. All these grain 

 rations were fed in three meals, morning, noon and night. 



RECORD OF THE BEST, POOREST AND AVERAGE COW IN EACH HERD FOR THE 

 I20 DAYS AT ST. LOUIS FAIR, I905.* 



Brown Swiss. Holstein. Jersey. Shorthorn. 



Milk per day, lbs.— 



Bestcow No. 1-5 1. o No. 20-67.5 No, 37-48.4 No. 63-43.4. 



Poorest cow No. 3-38.5 No. 7-47.1 No. 36-38.8 No. 62-21.4 



Average cow .. . 44.2 53.4 41.5 346 



Test of Milk- 

 Best cow 3.4 3-5 4-8 4° 



Poorest cow 3.8 3.2 4.1 3.9. 



Average cow... 362 3.43 4-7 38 



Butter fat per day, lbs. — 



Bestcow 1.748 2.355 2.334 1.737- 



Poorest cow 1-477 I -5°7 *-6i5 0.843 



Average cow... i-59 6 J - 8 3 2 r-936 1-277 



Butter per day, lbs. — 



Best cow 2.042 ^-7S3 2.750 2.037 



Poorest cow. .. . 1.731 J -75S 1898 0.988 



Average cow... 1.870 2.12 2.28 r-495 



Solids-not-fat per day, lbs.— 



Bestcow 4-363 5-I7I 4-357 3-72Q 



Poorest cow. .. . .;,,:,, 3-585 3 -614 3-441 1.902 



Average cow. . . ; f- : 3-919 4- 2 39 3- 6 34 2.980 



Feed cost of milk, per qt.f— 



Bestcow .0109 .0090 .0110 .0109. 



Poorest cow. .. . .0139 - OI2 2 - 0I 30 -0215 



Average cow... .0124 .0107 .0116 .0132 



Feed cost of butter, per lb.— 



Bestcow -136 -no -°97 - lr 7 



Poorest cow -155 - l6 4 - x 32 - 2 34 



Average cow. . . -147 -135 - io 5 -^ 

 No. of cows in 



herd 5 15 2 5 28 



* Illustrations and tables of records and rations from Dairy Cow Demonstration, at 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1905. Edited by Prof. E. H. Fu^mgton. 

 + Assuming two pounds to the quart. 



