ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 3/ 



RECORDS OF INDIVIDUAL COWS ON DAIRY FARMS. 



By Mr. A. J. Glover, Elgin, III. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen. 



I have been introduced to you by Mr. Newman and he has 

 told you in brief the work I am doing in the state. 



Since the completion of results as published in Bulletin No. 

 85, ten herds containing 180 cows have completed a year's work. 

 The ten dairies had 24? cows at the beginning of the test, but 33 

 were sold before the end of the year and 25 did not complete 

 their year's work ; some were used for nurse cows and in other 

 cases the farmers failed to weigh and sample their milk. 



This report gives the profit and loss of but two of the ten 

 herds that were tested, for only two of the herds had an account 

 kept of the grain and roughage they consumed. 



The most profitable cow in these two herds gave a net profit 

 of $69.58, and the poorest cow was kept at an actual loss of 13 

 cents. The average net profit of these two herds was $30.03 a 

 cow\ 



Pet, the most profitable cow in herd '' N," charged 6.5 cents 

 to make one pound of butter-fat, and 33.1 cents to make 100 

 pounds of milk. Mamie, the cow that gave the least profit in 

 herd '' N," charged 22.0 cents to produce one pound of butter-fat, 

 ijid $1.05 to produce 100 pounds of milk. 



Cow No. 8, the most profitable cow in herd " R," charged 

 IO.2 cents to produce one pound of butter fat and 38.1 cents to 

 produce 100 pounds of milk. Cow No. 3, kept at a loss in herd 

 '■ R," charged 20.2 cents to make one pound of butter-fat, and 

 ^9.9 cents to make 100 pounds of milk. 



The average net profit of herd " N," was $38.77, and the 

 herd charged 9.2 cents to make one pound of butter-fat and -13.0 

 rents to make 100 pounds of milk. 



