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Mrs. Purviance has the highest score, 93, on dairy butter. We 

 expected to get quite a few entries in this part of the country on dairy- 

 butter, but received eight. 



The creamery entries were fewer than we get in the northern part 

 of the state, although we think we got a fair showing for down here. 

 Usually the entries in the creamery class are about 80 in the northern 

 part of the state; here we received about 45. 



By the President. — I wish the dairymen and the women butter- 

 makers would take more interest in this association. We gave a very 

 good premium this time, but they don't seem to have taken advantage of 

 it, and I again invite you to come and be near to us. We want to give 

 a special invitation to the ladies and to the president if she is here of 

 the Ladies' Association and tell her to extend our invitation to their 

 association to come and be with us. 



RECORDS OF INDIVIDUAL COWS ON DAIRY FARMS. 



By Arthur J. Glover, B. Agr., Chief Assistant in Dairy Husbandry, Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 



Summary. 



Eight herds are reported in this bulletin, containing 144 cows that 

 have completed a year's work. The eight dairies had 176 cows at the 

 beginning of the test, but 32 of them were sold before the end of the year. 



Some of the herds returned their owners a good profit, others a small 

 profit, and one herd was kept at a loss. Six herds out of the eight con- 

 tained cows that did not pay for the feed consumed. 



In estimating the profit or loss on a cow it was counted that the calf 

 paid for her keep while dry and the skim milk paid for labor. 



