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many cold winds in order to gather the corn stover from the 

 helds after the corn was husked. It is strange how few men real- 

 ize that the cow exerts more energy in gathering such food on 

 colddays thanit is worth to her. In nearly every instance where 

 cows have been exposed to cold weather to gather a part of their 

 rations from husked corn fields they have been either small pro- 

 ducers of milk and butter-fat, or unprofitable animals. While on 

 the other hand, the cows that are well cared for and comfortably 

 stabled have in most cases returned a profit to thv?ir owners. 



Yearly Record of Best and Poorest Cow in Herd "I 



Entire Herd. 



and Average for 



Milk, 



Best cow, No. 2 6919 



Poorest cow, No. 3 2914 



Average yield of entire herd 5174 



IT). 



'at,% 



Fat, tb. 



Butter, 



lb 



3.88 



268 



313 





4.02 



117 



137 





3.92 



203 



237 





Table 1. — Record of Each Ccw in Herd " I " for One Year. 



No. 



of Age 

 Cow. yr. 

 Z 2 



9 



11 



2 



6 



10 



Date of 



Breed Calving. 



Grade Shorthorn. 3-25-02 



Native 3-25-02 



Native 4-28-02 



Holstein 2-15-02 



Grade Shorthorn. 3-10-02 



Native 3-10-02 



Grade Shorthorn. 3- 1-02 











Days 



Milk, 



Fat, 



Fat, 



Butter, 



in 



lb. 



%. 



lb. 



lb. 



Milk. 



2914 



4.02 



117 



137 



287 



3844 



4.50 



173 



202 



203 



4669 



3.84 



179 



209 



266 



6200 



3.45 



214 



250 



308 



5920 



3.94 



233 



272 



301 



5749 



4.09 



235 



274 



308 



6919 



3.88 



268 



313 



365 



REPORT OF HERD "J." 



Herd '' J " was composed of natives, grade Jerseys, and one 

 grade Holstein. The average weight was 1050 pounds. While 

 the herd was composed of cows that were by no means highly de- 

 veloped, yet, they would be classed as dairy stock. The herd was 

 put in a comfortable barn at night, but allowed to run in the 

 husked corn fields during the day even though the weather was 

 cold and severe. The health of the herd was good but it showed 

 the effects of being exposed to the cold weather. Most of the 



