134 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



ize of farm. 



No. 



acres per 



hor 



se. 



Ci 



-op 



acres per horse 



I? 





10 











6 



43 





16 











10 



83 





22 











14 



136 















13 



230 















18 



229 















19 



315 





36 











20 



That does not vary as much as the number does per man, 

 because on larger farms they have more horse teams. The acres 

 cultivated by the horse varies from 10 to 36, with an average 

 of 27. The crop acres vary from 6 to 20, with an average of 

 17 crop acres per horse. There is a very decided saving in hav- 

 ing larger farms as far as horses are concerned, but much more 

 so as far as man is concerned. 



The biggest question of all is the same old question of good 

 and poor cows. Nothing affects the labor income so much as 

 the production of the cow. The labor income varies from 

 $184 up to $2,000, according to the production of the cow. 

 Of course the sire and various other points have to do with that. 

 How does this production per cow vary in the herds of the 

 state? We have 17 farms that were tested, where the produc- 

 tion per cow was only 121 pounds of butter fat. On 19 farms 

 the average production was 278 pounds of butter fat. 



I want to call your attention to the production of a few 

 cows we have tested. People think that these large records sim- 

 ply mean from some one cow. These are on farms in the State 

 of Illinois. 



*Holstein — 

 7 cows 516 lbs. butterfat 15,415 lbs. milk $111 a year profit 

 12 cows 501 lbs. butterfat 15,200 lbs. milk 107 a year profit 



Guernsey — 

 6 cows 518 lbs. butterfat 10,000 lbs. milk 



Holstein — 

 9 cows 447 lbs. butterfat 12,700 lbs. milk 

 9 cows 446 lbs. butterfat 12,006 lbs. milk 



