l8o ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The amount of grain and roughage that each cow consumed during 



the year was not kept, so there is no feed account reported. 



Table 14. — Record of Each Cow in Herd " G " for One Year. 



Days 

 Lb. of in 

 Name of cow. Breed. Milk, lb. Fat, % Fat, lb. butter milk. 



Jersey Gr. Jersey... 3^644 3.96 144 168 275 



Mollie Native 3,930 3.94 155 180 210 



Lucy Native 7,021 3.94 277 323 280 



Report of Herd " H." 



This herd consisted of eight native cows whose average weight was 

 about 1,000 pounds. The cows were very ordinary animals and they did 

 a very ordinary year's work. The most of them calved in March, and 

 were dry by the first of November, the owner not trying to make milk in 

 winter. The barn in which these cows were kept was very poor, being 

 cold and poorly cared for. The stock was often exposed to cold, rain, and 

 snowstorms, and the frozen snow and ice was often removed with brooms 

 from the animals' backs. 



In March and April the cows received a small amount of bran and 

 corn meal and about one pound of oil meal a day, with clover hay and 

 corn stover. By May 15 the cows were turned into a pasture which was 

 not very good, the greater portion of it being woods. They received in 

 connection with pasturage about two pounds of bran a day, but this was 

 not enough grain when the kind of pasture is considered. The latter part 

 of July the cows were changed to a good clover pasture. 



Table 15. — Showing Record of Two Cows Every Seventh Week During 

 Their Period of Lactation. 



Fanny. 



Week ending. Milk, lb. Fat, % Fat, lb. Butter, lb 



March _ 31 777777 192.4 ~~ZJ~ 6.16 7.18 



May 19 142.4 4.3 6.12 7.14 



July 7 ... 84.3 4.0 3.37 3.93 



August 25 7.0 6.9 .48 .56 



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May7L9 171 - 3.9 6.67 7.78 



July 17 99 3.5 3.47 4.04 



August 25 123.9 3.6 4.46 5.20: 



October 27 75.2 4.1 3.08 3.59 



