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ration was supplemented with thirty pounds of corn silage, a day. This 

 ration was continued to the completion of the test. It is the belief of the 

 owner that the cows would have given a larger profit if he had fed them 

 more grain. While the above facts do not demonstrate that the herd would 

 have been more profitable with better feeding, yet, judging by the individ- 

 uality of each of the cows, better results might have been expected if more 

 grain had been fed. The cows were certainly capable of giving more milk 

 and butter fat than the records show, if they had received a better ration. 



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

 for Entire Herd. 



Milk, lb. Fat, % Fat, lb. Butter, lb. 



Best cow, Princess 7,817 3.35 262 305 



Poorest cow, Mittie 3,461 3.19 110 128 



Average record of entire herd 5,846 3.32 194 227 



Princess, the best cow, charged 33.5 cents to produce 100 pounds of 

 milk, and 10 cents to make one pound of butter fat; and Mittie charged 

 62.3 cents to produce 100 pounds of milk, and 19.5 cents to make one pound 

 of butter fat. 



The average cost of production was 42.9 cents to yield 100 pounds of 

 milk, and 12.9 cents to make one pound of butter fat. 



Princess gave a profit of $32.63 and Mittie a profit of $2.75. 



The average profit for each cow in the dairy was $18.58. 



Table 12. — Showing Profit for Each Cow in Herd " F " for One Year. 

 Group 1. — Kept at a Profit. 



Butter Gross Cost of Net 

 Name of cow. Milk, lb. Fat, % Fat, lb. lb. returns, feed, profit. 



Mittie 3,461.8 3.19 110.54 128.96 $24.33 $21.58 $2.75 



Lady 4,386.4 3.39 149.05 173.89 34.41 22.66 11.75 



Joe's Bride 5,136.7 3.00 154.32 180.04 32.31 20.47 11.84 



Loma 5,677.1 3.14 178.44 208.18 40.96 27.85 13.11 



Bell 5,050.2 3.61 182.56 212.98 38.89 23.94 14.95 



Maid 5,979.1 3.34 200.12 233.47 44.22 26.27 17.95 



Group 2. — Kept at a Fair Profit. 



Mutual > 5,586.5 3.25 181.82 212.12 $41.07 $22.11 $18.96 



Check 6.812.6 3.16 215.79 251.75 50.22 30.92 19.30 



Maud 5,426.9 3.39 184,36 215.08 42.54 22.66 19.88 



Zipsy 6,219.2 3.53 219.73 256.35 49.03 26.57 22.46 



Echo 6,039.6 3.66 221.16 -258.02 50.03 27.52 22.51 



