260 ILLlKotS STATE DAltlTMEN'S ASSOCtATtOi^. 



TABLE Il.-FARM B.-TWENTY-FOUR COWS. 



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^" <1 .^hS ^^ fe§ PhS^ fc^^ o-dfi 



1 5 8297 334 4954 24.8 14.8 17 '9 



2 10 830.5 308 4678 26.9 15.2 18 5 



^ • 8 7250 320 4924 22.6 15.4 ]8.6 



4 8 8140 308 4852 26.4 15.7 19 



^ 8 8607 300 4889 28.7 16.3 19.6 



o 9 7422 296 5039 25.0 17.0 20.5 



' 10 8407 295 5288 28.5 17.9 21.5 



8 8 6162 251 4549 24.5 18.1 218 



,^ 9 7987 264 4908 30.2 18.6 22.2 



W 10 T697 249 4463 S0.9 18.7 22.'j 



11 5 7255 250 4698 25.0 18.8 22.7 



12 10 6904 250 4772 27.5 19.0 22.9 



13 5 4731 220 4548 21.5 20.6 24.S 



14 4 6211 216 4680 28.7 21.7 28.1 



If^ 9 6646 224 4913 21.6 21.9 26.4 



16 7 4960 195 4465 25.3 22.8 27.5 



17 4 4086 179 4432 22.7 24.6 29.7 



18 4 4432 173 4398 25.5 25.3 30.1 



1!^ 4 4281 165 43-59 25.8 26.3 31.7 



20 '5 6214 171 4772 36.4 27.8 33.5 



21 5 ,5074 183 5174 27.6 28.2 34.0 



22 11 4.%6 1.57 4715 27.8 30.0 36.2 



23 11 2815 110 4254 25.4 38.4 40.3 



24 4 JG63 60 3952 27.4 65.1 78.5 



Average 7.2 6121 228 4703 26.76 20.56 24.90 



been better off by far if the poorest half of his herd had been 

 killed by lightning.? Is there any better proof needed, that Mr. 

 H. C. Adarns, of Wisconsin, spoke the truth when he exclaimed: 

 '■'Gentlemen^ it would be a blessing for our farmers if lightning 

 would strike one-third of their cows F' 



I regret that the live weight of these cows is not given. I 

 fear the strict rule about large and small cows might be 

 exploded. There are several queer facts to be found by a care- 

 ful study of these tables. 



Thus cow No. 3 in table I, while she used 32. i pounds of 

 milk to I pound of butter, she used only 15.5 fodder units per 

 pound of butter and is among the most economic producers. It 

 is well to lay stress on this, as many progressive dairymen who 

 have started using the Babcock Test have condemned cows 

 giving milk below 3 or even 3.5 per cent fat without a fair year's 

 trial, using the scale as well as the test. The above mentioned 

 cow can hardly have given richer milk than 2.6 per cent, and 

 yet she compares favorably with No. 13 in table II, who used 



