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single cow, might have prevented his loss of $141, and have 

 changed himself from a cow keeper to a dairyman. 



Table 6.— Herd No. 5. 



No. 

 Cow 



Age 



Lb. 

 Milk 



Lb. 

 Fat 



Percent 

 Fat 



Profit 



Loss 



1 





5986 



252 



4.20 



$ 22 66 





2 





7920 



254 



3.21 



23 84 





3 





7600 



260 



3.42 



25 75 





4 





7169 



293 



4.08 



32 20 





5 





8300 



295 



3.55 



35 00 





6 





9010 



322 



3.58 



39 87 





7 





9045 



333 



3.68 



42 07 





8 





9043 



337 



3.72 



44 27 





9 





8877 



344 



3.87 



44 27 





10 





9999 



348 



3.48 



53 53 





11 





11293 



376 



3.33 



63 99 





12 





7632 



403 



5.28 



56 69 





13 





10289 



422 



4 10 



69 70 







$ 553 84 





Av. 





8628 



326 



3.77 



$ 42 60 





Difference in profit between best and poorest cows, $47.04. 



Here is a herd of high average production. Although a 

 grade herd, its lowest cow returned a profit of over $22, which 

 is more than twice that of the best cow in the poorest herd (No. 

 5.) The difference between the individuals of the herd is large, 

 but the star boarders were long ago eliminated, as a result of sev- 

 eral years' work keeping individual production records of the 

 cows and replenishing the herd by using a good pure-bred sire 

 and raising the heifers from the best cows. 



On only 96 acres of land, with practically no expense for 

 purchased cows or feed, the owner is making with this herd a 

 comfortable living for himself and family. He is an enthusiast 

 instead of a plodder, reads dairy literature, turns drudgery to 

 pleasure, and has time and money for the better things of life. 

 He receives pay not only for his manual labor, but the neat little 

 sum of $556 as a clear profit, to compensate for his head work. 



