64 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. .,_^ 



RATION. 



Dry Carbohy- 



Food Stuff Lb. Matter. Protein. drates. Fat. 



Gluten Meal 4 3.52 1,284 1.648 .100 



Corn and cob meal 7 5.94 .308 4.200 .203 



Corn silage 45 9.40 .405 5.085 .315 



Clover hay 5 4.23 .340 1.790 .085 



Timothy hay 5 4.34 .140 2.170 .070 



Fat, %. 



Fat, lb. 



Butter 



3.49 



307 



35S 



3.75 



122 



142 



3.88 



212 



247 



Total nutrients 27.43 2.477 14.893 .77-? 



This ration is none too large for the Shorthorn cows when 

 they are fresh, for they gave a large flow of milk and weighed 

 from 1200 to 1400 pounds. Perhaps it was not wise to feed as 

 much as 4 pounds of gluten meal, especially, if a cheaper feed 

 could have been substituted for 2 pounds of the gluten. 



Yearly Record of Best and Poorest Cow in Herd "Q" and Average for 



Entire Herd. 



Milk, lb. Fat, %. Fat, lb. Butter. !b. 



Best cow, Dutch 8785 



Poorest cow, Skate 3253 



Average record of entire herd .... 5448 



Table 10. — Record of Each Cow in Herd " Q " for One Year. 

 Group 1. — Cows Yielding Less Than 170 Pounds of Butter Fat. 



But- Days- 

 Name of Age, Date of Milk, Fat, Fat, ter. in 

 Cow. yr. Breed. Calving, lb. %. lb. lb. Milk 



Skate 3 Gr. Holstein 6-1-02 3252 3.75 122 142 189 



Belle 4 Gr. Shorthorn.... 6-3-02 3297 3.82 126 147 182 



Sparkle 6 Shorthorn 4-30-02 3289 4.10 135 158 217 



Pride 2 Gr. Shorthorn . . . 6-12-02 4154 3.54 147 172 240 



Brownie, Jr... 8 Shorthorn 4-29-02 4205 3.68 163 190 217 



Group 2. — Cows Yielding Less Than 250 Pounds of Butter Fat. 



Lily 4 Gr. Shorthorn ... 12-26-02 4929 3.98 196 229 294 



Jennie 7 Gr. Shorthorn ... 1-11-03 5683 3.80 216 252 '2QQ 



Brownie 11 Shorthorn 12-23-02 6232 3.50 218 254 240' 



Pansy 7 Jersey 3-31-02 5408 4.47 242 282 343 



Group 3. — Cows Yielding Less Than 310 Pounds of Butter Fat. 



Silver Queen . 8 Shorthorn 11-26-02 6553 3.92 257 300 252 



Cherry 7 Jer-Shorthorn ... 2-12-03 6624 3.89 258 301 280 



Bob 8 Hoist. & Jer... .. 3-20-03 6805 4.07 277 323 252 



Bonny Clay .. 5 Shorthorn 10-19-02 7060 4.21 297 347 301 



Dutch 12 Gr. Holstein ... 12-29-02 8785 3.49 307 358 34^ 



*Aborted. 



