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copies of each day's results were made by using manifold paper; 

 these blanks were turned over to the office force where four 

 clerks were employed daily. The daily record blanks were first 

 inspected by the office clerks and their legibility and accuracy 

 n< 'ted. The first sheet was kept in the office for making book 

 records while the first carbon copy of the daily figures recording 

 the cows in each herd were given to the superintendent of that 

 herd, the second carbon copy of each daily record blank was 

 posted near the office where it was available to anyone inter- 

 ested in it. 



In the office the four record clerks copied the figures from 

 the daily record blanks into permanent record books which 

 showed the daily weights of feed given to each cow, the total 

 weight of each feed given each cow to date, the daily and total 

 to date weight of milk and the daily tests or per cent fat and 

 solids not fat in each cow's milk. From these figures the daily 

 and total weights of butter fat and solids not fat contained in 

 the milk of each cow was calculated. 



The Method of Feeding. 



The cows of each breed were fed and cared for as directed 

 by the representatives in charge of them. There was a uniform 

 system of recording the results but each herd superintendent was 

 given a free hand to feed his cows any kind of a ration of 

 in »rmal cattle feeds that he considered best adapted to the ani- 

 mals in his charge. All the cows were milked and fed three 

 times each day and a statement about the daily routine in one 

 stable will give a general idea of the method of feeding in all the 

 barn-. 



At 8:00 a. m. the numbered and locked feed boxes were 

 taken to the feed bins and the daily ration of grain for each 

 cow was weighed into her box, which was then locked and 

 placed on the floor in front of her stall. 



Three sacks of hay were then weighed out for each cow, 

 sealed and placed near her grain box; one feeding of silage was 



