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Table 4. — Continued. 



Group 2. Cows yielding Less than 200 Pounds of Butter Fat. 



Age, 

 Name of cow. yr. 



Breed. 











Lb. of Days 



Date of 



Milk, 



Fat, 



Fat, 



but- in 



calving. 



lb. 



% 



lb. 



ter. milk. 



Brindle No. 2 . 



Alice 



Sleepy Eye 



Dora 



Hartwell No. 1 

 Black No. 1. . . 

 Black No. 2. . 

 Bottle 



| Native. . . . 

 | Gr. Hoist.. 

 | Native. . . . 

 | Gr. Hoist. . 

 | Native. . . . 

 | Gr. Hoist.. 

 | Gr. Hoist.. 

 I Gr. Hoist.. 



11-13-01 



12-25-01 



3-21-02 



5-27-02 

 1-28-02 

 2-21-02 

 4-11-02 



4,683 



3.43 



161 



187 



4,231 



3,97 



168 



196 



4,190 



4.20 



176 



205 



4,989 



3.70 



184 



215 



4,421 



4.20 



186 



217 



6,179 



3.05 



188 



220 



5,474 



3.52 



193 



225 



5,450 



3.66 



199 



232 



210 

 287 

 320 

 310 



270 



275 

 340 

 300 



Group 3. Cows Yielding Less than 250 lbs. of Butter Fat. 



Pet 



Spotty No. 2 

 Roaney .... 



Clara 



Beauty 



Spotty No. 1 . 

 Hartwell No. 2 



7 

 5 

 4 



12 



I 12 



Gr. Hoist. 

 Native. . . 

 Native. . . 

 Gr. Hoist. 

 Native . . . 



Native. . . 

 Native . . . 



2-12-02 



9-24-01 



11- 7-01 



10- 1-01 



10- 5-01 



7-31-02 



2-21-02 



3- 1-02 



6,793 



3.10 



211 



246 



6,720 



3.34 



224 



262 



5,705 



3.94 



225 



262 



6,101 



3.89 



237 



277 



6,402 



3.82 



245 



285 



7,711 



3.20 



247 



288 



6,197 



3.99 



247 



288 



260 

 300 

 305 

 300 

 305 



280 

 267 



Report of Herd 'C." 



Tbis herd was composed of natives, grade Shorthorns, grade Hol- 

 steins, one Red Poll and two grade Jerseys. The average weight of 

 the cows was about 1,050 pounds and they were in good health during the 



whole year. There were no abortions or caked udders during the time the 



test was made. A number of the cows were sold early in the test because 

 of their rapid falling off in milk flow when about three months along in 



the period of lactation. This is a very common fault with a great many 

 cows kept in the dairy, and it is not noticed by the owners as much as 



it should be. They remember the cow when she gave a full pail of 

 milk. The herd received good care during the year and was kept in a 

 warm barn during the winter where it received a fairly good ration. The 



frash cows in October to November were fed daily about three pounds 

 of bran, shock corn and pasture. From Nevember 15 to January 1 



the ration consisted of the following feeds: Bran, 5 pounds; corn meal, 



