ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Record of the Best. Poorest and Average Cow in Each Herd. 

 Produced Per Day. 



Brown Short- 

 Milk. tt>s. Swiss. Holstein Jersey. horn. 



Best Cow (1) 51.0 (20) 67.5 (37) 48.4 (63) 43.4 



Poorest Cow (3) 38.5 (7) 47.1 (36) 38.9 (62) 21.4 



Average Cow 44.2 53.4 41.5 34.6 



Test of Milk. 



Best Cow 3.4 3.5 4.8 4.0 



Poorest Cow 3.8 3.2 4.1 3.9 



Average Cow 3.62 3.43 4.7 3.8 



Butter Fat. lbs. 



Best Cow 1.748 2.355 2.334 1.737 



Poorest Cow 1.477 1.507 1 .615 0.843 



Average Cow 1.596 1.832 1.936 1.277 



Butter. lbs. 



Best Cow 2.042 2.753 2.750 2.057 



Poorest Cow 1.731 1.756 1.898 0.988 



Average Cow 1.870 2.012 2.28 1.495 



Solids, not Fat. lbs. 



Best Cow 4.363 5.171 4.357 3.720 



Poorest Cow 3.585 3.614 3.441 1.902 



Average Cow 3.919 4.239 3.634 2.980 



Feed Cost of Milk per Quart.* 



Best Cow $0.0109 $0.0090 $0.0110 $0.0109 



Poorest Cow 0.0139 0.0122 0.0130 0.0215 



Average Cow 0.0124 0.0107 0.0116 0.0132 



Feed Cost of Butter per Lb. 



Best Cow $0,136 $0,110 $0,097 $0,117 



Poorest Cow 0.155 0.164 0.132 0.234 



Average Cow 0.147 0.135 0.105 0.153 



No. of Cows in Herd 5 15 25 28 



* Assuming two pounds to the quart. 



Among the many valuable lessons taught by these exhaus- 

 tive records is the i^reat superiority in economical production of 

 milk and butter by some cows over others which may require 

 nearly the same feed and care. Many people fail to realize 

 what a wonderful animal a cow is. 



It is certainly amazing, if one stops to think of it, that a cow 

 of average capacity >ecrete> in her milk, one hundred and thirty- 



