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The average profit for each cow in the herd was $23.19. 



The cows in this herd that charged less than $<M00 'Yr 

 their keep were animals that made most of their records upon 

 pasture grass. This same fact is mentioned more fully in the 

 report of herd ''N." 



From the cuts of these two cows would it appear to the 

 reader that" cow No. 8 is so much better than co\a' No. Vl ? On 

 quarter of No. 8's udder is gone, yet she retun';ed a net profit of 

 $51.97 and cow No. 13 a net profit of only $15.58. By making 

 this comparison it is not the writer's intention in any way to 

 ignore dairy form, but to bring out the fact that we cannot al- 

 ways determine the value of a cow by her confijrm.'iion. It 

 should be mentioned that cow No. 8 is 10 years ijld c.nd Xo 13 

 is 12 vears old. 



CUT 17— Cow No. 8, Herd " R ", g-ave in one year P,U8 lb. milk: averag-e test 

 i.75^. 403 lb. butter; net profit ^51.91. She cliarg-ed 38.1 cents to produce 100 

 rounds of milk, and 10.2 cents to make one pound of I utter ^at. 



