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ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Cut 2. — Cow No. 6, Herd A, Gave in One Year 1,838 tbs. Miik; 

 Average Test, 4.43 Per Cent; 95 Tbs. Butter. 



them aborted during the year, while others failed to get with calf and 

 were sold. Some of them were disposed of so early in the test that their 

 records are not calculated with the rest of the herd. 



There were ten cows kept in this herd whose milk was not weighed 

 or tested. It is unfortunate that the owner could not see the importance 

 of weighing and testing each one of these cows, but the average amount 

 of milk and butter fat that each of the untested cows produced for the 

 year will be given, for a record of the amount of milk and butter fat that 

 was sold from all the cows was kept. 



The herd did not yield the amount of milk and butter fat that it should 

 for the amount of grain consumed. While the owner did not keep an 

 accurate enough account of the grain and roughage each cow ate to be 

 reported upon, he fed a ration to his cows that was largely made up of 



