ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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



Entire Herd 



Milk, It). Fat, % Fat, It). Butter, lb. 



Best cow, Jersey . . .'. . 6,945 



Poorest cow, Harrison . 2,721 



Average yield of entire herd 4,942 



5 4.23 



294 



343 



3.96 



108 



12G 



! 3.90 



192 



224 



Jersey produced butter fat the cheapest. She charged 29.7 cents to 

 produce 100 pounds of milk, and 6.6 cents to make one pound of butter fat, 



Harrison charged 97.7 cents to make 100 pounds of milk, and 24.6 

 cents to make one pound of butter fat. 



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

 55.5 cents, and 14.2 cents to produce one pound of butter fat. 



Jersey gave a profit of $34.77, and Harrison charged $1.27 for her 

 keeping. 



The average profit for each cow in the herd was $16.22. 

 Table 6. — Showing Profit or Loss for Each Cow in Herd "C" for One Year 



Group 1. — Kept at a Loss. 



Milk Fat, Fat, Lbs. of Gross Cost of Profit 



Name of cow. lb. % lb. butter, returns, feed, or loss 



Harrison 2/721 WM 108 126~~$25.34 $26.61 $1.27 



Ella 3,519 3.64 128 149 29.12 30.98 1.86 



Group 2. Kept at a Small Profit. 



White Face 3,86~5 3T5G 137 1G0 $31.69 $31.30 $ .33" 



Millie 4,118 3.83 157 184 36.68 28.29 8.39 



Duchess 4,229 3.59 151 177 37.47 28.31 9.16 



Group 3. — Kept at a Fair Profit. 



Victorie 23 i 9 4~34 129 151 $26.28 $15.81 $10.47 



Little Brownie 5,121 3.75 192 224 45.18 32.60 12.58 



Lady 5,015 3.94 197 230 42.71 27.72 14.99 



