ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 1 83 



139 



$ 4.54 



92.5c 



25.8c 



220 



12.12 



57.0c 



16.1c 



224 



16.22 



55.5c 



14.2c 



227 



18.58 



42.9c 



12.9c 



306 



26.64 



54.9c 



12.3c 



317 



35.80 



43.8c 



10.4c 



224 









180 









able 19. — Comparing the Average Performance of All the Cows in 

 Each of the Herds Tested 



< Net Cost of Cost of 



Lb. of profit 100 lbs. lib. 



Herd. Milk, It). Fat, %. butter, or loss. of milk. of fat. 



"A" 3,361 3.55 



"B" 5,360 3.52 



**C" 4,942 • 3.90 



"F" 5,846 3.32 



"D" 5,911 4.45 



"E" 6,474 4.19 



"G" 4,865 3.95 



"H" 3,852 4.02 



Table 20. — Comparing the Results from the Six Most Profitable Cows in 

 Herd " D " with the Results from Five Other Herds. 



No. of cows. 



Herd. in herd. Lb. milk. Lb. butter. 



"D" 6 50,669 2,644 



"A" ..' 28 94,126 3,899 



"B" ..." 20 107,217 4.400 



"("' 17 84,014 3,823 



"E" 7 45,322 2,220 



"F" 14 81,845 3,178 



This table simply shows that a few good cows will yield a greater 

 profit than large herds of unselected animals. It was found in herd 

 ' that fifteen of the best cows gave a profit of $61.94 while the other 

 thirty-two cows gave a profit of only $600.24, or, the fifteen cows gave the 

 owner $51.70 more profit than the other thirty-two cows. It shows very 

 clearly that it is far better to keep a few very good cows than large herds 

 of ordinary cows. The work is less and profit larger. 



We will now listen to Prof. Haecker, of Minnesota. 



Total 



Total 



profit. 



loss. 



1296.97 



$...... 





127.12 



242.41 





275.90 





250.63 





260.15 





