ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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This is a balanced ration and contains enough nutrients for cows 

 giving large flows of milk. If some succulent food, such as roots or silage, 

 had been added, it would have been still better. 



In May, the fresh cows or the ones giving the most milk, received the 

 following: 



Ration 6. 



Food stuffs. 



Dry 

 Lb. matter. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. Fat. 



Cost. 



Shorts 



Gluten feed . . . 

 Clover hay 

 Millet hay 

 Total nutrients 



7 



6.17 



.854 



3.50 



.266 



3 



2.70 



.699 



1.521 



.081 



5 



4.23 



.340 



1.790 



.085 



8 



7.04 



.256 



3.880 



.080 





20.14 



2.149 



10.691 



.512 



6.3c 

 3.3c 

 2.5c 

 4.0c 

 16.1c 



This is another very good ration as it supplies enough nutriment for a 

 cow producing 350 pounds of butter fat a year. Each cow in the herd 

 during the rest of the year received two pounds of shorts a day, besides 

 plenty of blue grass pasture. 



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



Entire Herd. 



Milk, lb. 



Fat, per 

 cent 



Fat. 



lb. 



Butter 

 lb. 



Best cow, Hartwell No. 2 



Poorest cow, Brindle No. 1 . . 

 Average record of entire herd 



6,197 



3.99 



2.47 



3,731 



2.88 



107 



5,360 



3.52 



188 



288 

 125 

 220 



Spotty No. 1 charged to produce 100 pounds of milk, 40.7 cents and 

 12.6 cents for one pound of butter fat. 



Red Bird charged to produce 100 pounds of milk, 70.9 cents, and 23.2 

 cents for one pound of butter fat.. 



The average cost of this herd to produce 100 pounds of milk was 57.0 

 cents and 16.1 cents to make one pound of butter fat. 



Spotty No. 1 gave a profit of $25.32 and Red Bird charged $1.28 for 

 her board., 



The average profit of each cow was $12.12. 



The average price of grain and roughage from September 1, 1901, to 

 September 1, 1902, was about as follows: 

 Bran $18.00 per ton. Oil meal $28.00 per ton. 



Shorts 18.00 



Corn meal 20.00 



Corn cob meal 20.00 



Grano-gluten 18.00 



Gluten meal 28.00 



Gluten feed 22.00 



Clover hay 10.00 



Timothy hay 10.00 



Millet hay 10.00 



Corn stover 4.00 



Corn silage 2.00 



Pasture $1.00 per month. 



