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Table 11. — Record of Each Cow in Herd " E " for One Year. 



Lb. of Days 

 i^ge, Date of Milk, Fat, Fat, but- in 



Name of cow. yr. Breed. calving. lb. % lb. ter. milk. 



Star 3.5 H.&J.... 10-15-02 5,398 3.89 210 245 320 



Jennie 6 Jersey... 1-8-02 4,449 5.01 223 260 245 



Red Ellis 6 J. & .S. H. 9-20-01 5,707 4.09 233 272 315 



Line Back 5 Native... 9-20-01 6,552 4.08 267 312 275 



Blacky 4 Native... 9-15-01 7,896 3.55 280 327 280 



Pet 8 Gr. A'sh'e 9-25-01 7,488 4.56 341 398 330 



Brindle 9 Gr. A'sh'e 9-28-01 7,828 4.41 345 403 327 



Report of Herd " F." 



There were fourteen full-blood Holstein cows in this herd that were 

 tested; their average weight was about 1,050 pounds. A few of the cows 

 I hat did not enter the test were disposed of before the end of the year, for 

 they had already proved themselves to be inferior and unprofitable animals. 

 Less than half the dairy was matured cows. The herd was well cared for, 

 but they did not receive a very large grain ration during the year, for the 

 owner thought it would be more profitable to make less milk and butter 

 fat than it would be to buy feed for his cows; the price of all kinds of 

 grain being so very high last year. 



The herd was kept in comfortable quarters, was in healthy condition 

 during the test, and did a good year's work considering the grain that was 

 given them. 



The first period of the test the cows received a good ration which 

 contained the following food stuffs: 



Ration 13. 



Dry Pro- Carbohy- 

 Food stuffs. Lb. matter, tern. drates. Fat. Cost 



Bran 4 3.54 .516 1.604 .136 3.6c 



Timothy hay 5 4.23 .340 1,790 .085 2.5c 



Oats 4 3.56 .368 1.892 .168 4.4c 



Stover 10 5.95 .170 3.240 .070 2.0c 



Silage 35 7.31 .315 3.955 .245 3.5c 



Total nutrients 24.59 1.709 12.481 .704 16.0c 



