Thirty-fourth Annual Convention. 



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 of lbs. butter 

 per oow. 



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1899-1900 . . . . . 

 1900-1901.... 



1901-1902 



1902-1903 



1903-1904 



1904-1905 



1905-1906 



70 

 28 

 46 

 55 

 61 

 64 

 71 



2,421 



2,695 

 2,566 

 2,507 

 2,587 

 2,743 

 3,035 



7 '320 



7,905 



9,003 



9,984 



10,584 



11,236 



11.333 



3.05 

 3.13 

 3.20 

 3.18 

 3.22 

 3.22 

 3.21 



245 



272 

 317 

 350 

 376 

 399 

 401 



302 

 293 

 350 

 398 

 407 

 409 

 372 



10.1 

 10.1 

 12.3 

 13.9 

 14.5 

 14.5 

 13.2 



Increase .... 





614 



4,016 





156 



70 



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Let us stop and think what this means. Figuring the but- 

 ter at 22.2 cents per pound, it means that Mr. Aug. Kinck in 

 1906 received $2,558.82 more from his herd than he did in 1900 

 when he joined the association. In ten years this would amount 

 to $25,588.20. These results were accomplished through judi- 

 cious feeding, weeding and breeding, and shows what may be 

 attained if the lessons taught by the records of the herds are put 

 into practical use. 



The increase in the feed units consumed during the last two 

 years was undoubtedly due to the extremely dry summers, when 

 it became necessary to give the cows additional concentrated 

 feed. Had this not been necessary, the economic results would 

 have been still better. 



1. Swedish feed unit equals 2.3 lbs. bran, or 



2.2 lbs. mixed grain, or 

 1.8 lbs. oil cake, or 



3.3 lbs. dried beet pulp, or 

 5.5 lbs. clover hay, or 



8.8 lbs. oatstraw, or 

 2.2 lbs. beets, or 

 36 lbs. ensilage, or 

 17 lbs. green clover. 



