ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



In comparing cows Nos. 32 and 18 it is interesting to n )ie 

 the great difference in their test. Who could have guessed i3y 

 simply milking these two cows that No. 32 would have made 

 104 pounds more butter than No. 18 ? From which of these 

 animals should calves for the dairy be selected. It is reasonable 

 to suppose that any one would select the calves from No. 32, for 

 she produced nearly as much milk as cow No. 18, besides it 

 tested 3.81 per cent fat while the milk from cow No. IS was 

 much below standard, only testing 2.57 per cent fat. 



Will it not pay the shipper or the man who sells hi^ milk 

 to the Condensing Factory to test his dairy? The record of cow 

 No. 32 shows that it is possible to have a dairy that will give a 

 large flow of good standard milk. But how shall a herd of iiiis 

 kind be obtained without weighing and testing each cow*s m.i'l "^ 

 It is quite as important to know the good testing individuals vo 

 it is to know the ones that produce large flows of milk. The 

 quality of the product as well as the quantity that the cow pro- 

 duces should always be considered when selecting calves for the 

 future dairy. 



A few tables comparing cows Nos. 8 and 13 in herd ''R," 

 under actual and under possible conditions may help to bring 

 out what it really means to have one animal give a net profit of 

 $51.97 and another one only $15.58. 



Table 11. — Comparing the Actual Results of Cows No. 8 and No. 13. 



Number of 

 Cow. 



Cost of 



Net. 



Net. 



Feed. 



Profit. 



Loss 



$35.03 



$5197 





.3*4.09 



15.58 





13 



If the price of butter fat were only 15 cents a pound, instead 

 of 25 cents, the average price for which their butter fat sold, 

 and the cost of their feed being the same, the results would be as 

 'follows : 



Table 12. 



Number of Cost of Net. Net. 



Cow. Feed. Profit. Loss. 



8 $35.03 $16.72 ..... 



13 34.09 3.1& 



