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companies. This feed is also very rich in protein. It contains about 

 thirty-two per cent of digestible protein. These facts demonstrate very 

 clearly that it often pays farmers to sell some of their oats or corn and 

 buy some such by products as gluten meal, gluten feed, grano-gluten, oil 

 meal, or dried brewers' grains, etc. 



Yearly Record of Best and Poorest Cow in Herd 



Entire Herd. 



and Average for 





Milk, lb. 



Fat, % 



Fat, lb. 



Butter, lb. 



Best cow, No. 129 



. 8,949 

 . . 3,364 

 . . 5,911 



4.52 

 4.06 

 4.45 



404 

 136 

 263 



472 



Poorest cow, No. 324 



Average record of entire herd. . 



159 



306 



Cow No. 147 made butter fat the cheapest. She charged 7.5 cents 

 to produce one pound of butter fat and 35.5 cents to produce 100 pounds 

 of milk. 



Cut 10. — Cow No. 283, Herd D, Gave in One Year 10,151 tbs. Milk; 

 Average Test, 3.68 %; 436 tbs. Butter; Net Profit, $45.36. 



