ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 6l 



REPORT OF HERD " P." 



This herd was composed of natives, and one grade Jersey. 

 The owner gave his herd but Httle attention, for the most of his 

 time was devoted to other things. The average weight of the 

 cows was about 950 pounds and they were in rather poor condi- 

 tion during the year. The owner seemed anxious to "know what 

 his cows were doing for him but he was away from home so much 

 attending to other business that his cows did not receive the 

 proper care and were sometimes poorly fed. The records of 

 this herd shows very clearly the class of cows it contained and 

 the kind of care that the dairy received. When a herd of cows 

 gi\-es such a low yearly average there is not much to say about it, 

 except to note what poor cows, poor feeding and poor care will 

 produce. Some of the time the herd was fed and cared for well, 

 l;)ut on the whole the dairy was much neglected. There are many 

 dairy herds that are kept much the same as this one and the 

 owners wondered why their cows do not pay. The herd was 

 staljled at nights in the winter, but was seldom kept in during the 

 day even though ii was cold. The cows were turned out to pas- 

 ture grass in the summer and in the winter they were fed some 

 bran, corn and cob meal and dried brewers grains, together with 

 corn stover and timothy hay. 



Yearly Record of Best and Poorest Cow in Herd " P 



Entire Herd. 



Milk, lb. 



Bes: Cow, Rose 4547 



Poorest cow, Bob 1866 



Average record of entire herd .... 3397 



Table 9. — fiecord of Each Cow in Herd " P " for One Year. 

 Group 1. — Cows P'-oducing Less Than 125 Pounds of Butter Fat. 



Herd " 



P" and 



Average for 



Fat, %. 



Fat, lb 



. Butter, lb. 



3.85 



175 



204 



4.13 



77 



90 



3.86 



131 



153 



:Xame of 



Cow. 

 Bob 



Age, 



yr. 



.. 7 

 .. 3 

 .. 3 

 .. 4 



Breed. 

 Native 



Date of 

 Calving. 

 1-15-02 



Milk, 

 lb. 

 1866 

 2374 

 2399 

 3127 



Fat, 



%. 

 4.13 

 3.88 

 3.96 

 3.58 



Fat, 



lb. 



77 



92 



95 



112 



But- Days 

 ter. in 

 lb. Milk 

 90 250 



Biuter Cup . 

 Be-^ie . . 



Native 



. . . 1-19-02 



107 245 



Native 



. . . 2-10-02 



111 245 



INIartha 



Native 



.... 3-16-02 



131 273 



