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If she continues to do as well for the balance of the year she will 

 produce 350 pounds of fat this year. An increase of 104 pounds 

 of fat per week over the four years' average of her dam. 



Cow No. 17 was sired by the same bull as cow No. 21. This 

 cow produced last year — her third lactation period — 8,929 

 pounds milk and 361 pounds of fat. In her first lactation period 

 she produced 7,889 pounds of milk and 303 pounds of fat dur- 

 ing twelve months. During her second lactation period she pro- 

 duced 8,877 pounds of milk and 345 pounds of fat, in twelve 

 months. Her last year's record exceeds her dam's record for 

 one year by 2,959 pounds of milk and 89 pounds of fat. She 

 produced an average of 348.4 pounds of milk and 13.24 pounds 

 of fat per week on pasture alone last June. 



Another heifer produced an average of 8.6 pounds of fat a 

 week during five months of her second lactation period this win- 

 ter, and is doing well now. 



Now let us see what this improvement amounts to. 

 Cows Nos. 1 and 14 returned an average net profit of $50 

 each, per annum. Their daughters returned an average net profit 

 of $85 each. An increase in the net profit of an average of $35 

 per annum each over the net profits of their dams. An increase 

 of 70 per cent. A herd of 20 cows like these daughters are 

 equal to a herd of 34 cows like their dams. 



In order that heifers may develop into profitable cows, they 

 must not only be well bred, but also well reared. They must be 

 well nourished on nitrogenous food and kept in clean dry quar- 

 ters from birth to maturity. 



Unless we give the young calf the proper care and nourish- 

 ment that it needs to develop, we need not look for much im- 

 provement in our dairy herds. 



The most valuable feed for calves is skimmilk, alfalfa and 

 clover hay and silage. 



Does It Pay to Feed Good Cows? 



One question ver,y frequently asked me is "Does it pay to 

 feed cows the way you do?" or some one will tell me "Figure 

 what you feed into your cows and you have very little left." 



