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able to determine why that was, unless it was that it was an 

 exceptionally dry year. The pastures were burned dry and pos- 

 sibly that had something to do with it. 



You will notice that in 1900 the average production was 

 3,560 pounds, while in 191 2 and 19 13 it was practically 9,000 

 pounds, about three times as much, but that does not tell the 

 whole story. It takes practically 4,000 pounds of milk to pay 

 for the ordinary feed of a cow. At the first figure we were 

 losing money, while in 19 12 and 191 3 the increase is practically 

 all profit. We will say that it takes 150 pounds of fat to pay 

 for the keep of a cow. If we have one cow that returns 151 

 pounds of fat and one that returns 152 pounds, one cow returns 

 one pound profit, the other two pounds profit. As far as profit 

 and loss is concerned, the second one is worth twice as much as 

 the first one. I want you to see there is a great deal more profit 

 in having this kind of cow^s than the other. These cows har^ 

 the ability to take the feed we produced on the farm and con- 

 vert it into milk and butter fat economically. 



Value of a Good Sire. 



Cow No. 21 11,289 pounds n 



Dam 7j6i4 " 



Increase 



3,675 



Cow No. 32 9,603 



Dam 7,614 



Increase .... 1,989 



Co\y No. 17 8,912 



Dam 5,970 



Increase .... 2,942 



nilk 380 

 246 



pounds 



butter fat 



" 134 





jj J, 



335 

 246 







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