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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Table 5.— Herd No. 4. 



Cow 



No. 



Ag-e 



Lb. 



Milk 



Lb. 

 Fat 



Percent 

 Fat 



Profit 



Loss 



1 





1204 



49 



4.07 





$ 27.52 



2 





1236 



50 



4.05 





27.20 



3 





2944 



88 



2.99 





15.17 



4 





2597 



91 



3.50 





15 38 



5 





2548 



98 



3.85 





13.18 



6 





2475 



99 



4.00 





13.18 



7 





2569 



105 



4.09 





10 98 



8 





3164 



117 



3.70 





8.37 



9 





2829 



123 



4.34 





8.67 



10 





3380 



149 



4.41 





1.58 



11 





4582 



158 



3.45 



$ 1.41 





12 





4146 



174 



4.20 



3 41 





13 





4103 



177 



4.31 



5.41 





14 





4993 



191 



3 82 



8.40 





15 





4435 



200 



4.51 



10.21 







$28.84 



$141.23 















28 . 84 





$ 112.39 



A A. 



1 3147 



124 



3.94 





$7 49 



Difference in protit between best and poorest cow, $37.7*. 



The most striking figure in the above table is the last one in 

 the last column, showing a total loss of $112, which means that 

 this man received $112 less for the products from his dairy herd 

 than he would have received had he simply sold the feed. It is 

 well, also to note that the profit from the cow is only $10.21, 

 and that this best cow is indeed absolutely inferior to the poorest 

 cow in many of the herds in the state. 



This is a deplorable state of affairs — a man trying to support 

 a family with a herd of cows utterly unable to return a profit. 

 The actual conditions of this man's affairs is shown by the last 

 two columns of the table, and is a forceful answer to the question, 

 "Why test cows?" No man would conduct a losing business 

 when fully aware of what he is doing. 



Poor as this herd is, losing $112 annually, the owner, by dis- 

 posing of the poorest two-thirds of his herd, without buying a 



