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and the highest one-half produced 298 pounds fat per cow, still 

 showing a difference of 75 pounds of fat per cow between the 

 two halves of the herd. 



Two of the lowest producers were again sold and one new 

 cow bought, and three heifers that had been raised were added. 

 The cow that was purchased proved to be a good one producing 

 6,669 pounds of milk containing 277 pounds of fat. 



Of the three heifers added, two proved to be exceptionally 

 good ones. One producing 7,889 pounds milk and 303 pounds 

 of fat. The other producing 8,607 pounds milk and 295 pounds 

 of fat. One of these heifers was a registered Holstein, the other 

 one was a high grade Holstein whose sire was a pure bred Hol- 

 stein and her dam was cow No. 1, a grade Holstein, having a 

 record of 5,970 pounds of milk containing 272 pounds of fat. 

 These two heifers produced an average of 39 pounds of fat more 

 than the average of the herd the previous year and one pound 

 of fat more than the highest one-half of the herd. These heifers 

 are now matured cows, and have produced 9,999 pounds of milk 

 and 348 pounds of fat and 8,929 pounds of milk and 361 pounds 

 of fat respectively in twelve months. Both of these cows are re- 

 turning more than $2 for every dollar's worth of feed consumed. 

 These cows show the value of having a pure bred sire at the head 

 of the herd. 



Builds a Silo. 



Three years ago last summer a silo 30 feet deep and 14 feet 

 in diameter was built, eight feet in the ground and 22 feet above 

 the ground. The eight feet in the ground is built of an eight 

 inch brick wall, and above the ground it is built according to 

 the plan of silo described in Bulletin 102. 



The silo furnished an abundance of succulent feed, has 

 proven a good investment every year since it was built. 



A more nearly balanced return was also fed the following 

 year. 



At the close of the third year's test the herd averaged 8,057 

 pounds of milk and 308 pounds of fat. An increase of an aver- 

 age of 952 pounds of milk and 47 pounds of fat over the second 



