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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



RECORD OF THE HERD FOR THE YEAR 1896. 















Cost 



Cost 



Cost 





Cost 



Pounds 



Per 



Pounds 



Pounds 



of 100 



ILb. 



ILb, 





of 



of 



Cent 



of 



of 



Lbs 



Butrr 



But'r 





Feed. 



Milk 



Fat 

 2.57 



Fat 



Butter 



Milk 



CENUS 



Fat 



CENTS 



CTS. 



''Countess 



.^27.56 



11412.5 



293.45 



242.36 



24.15 



9.39 



8.05 



-Duchess.. 



19.71 



690L9 



5.00 



344.75 



402.22 



28.56 



5.72 



4.90 



Ethel 



21.38 



4099.8 



4.12 



168.89 



197.04 



52.15 



12.66 



10.85 



IFairy 



20.39 



5844.1 



3.98 



232.73 



27L52 



34.89 



8.76 



7.51 



Fortune 



21.03 



9111.5 



4.64 



422.56 



492.99 



23.08 



4.98 



4.27 



Houston 



21.38 



8797.3 



5.00 



439.58 



512.84 



24.30 



4.86 



4.17 



Ida 



22.40 

 23.31 



6714.4 

 6556.0 



3.84 

 3.44 



257.65 

 225.42 



300.59 

 262.99 



33.36 

 35.56 



8.69 

 10.34 



7.45 



Lig-g-etta 



8.86 



Lydia 



23.07 



8030.3 



3.44 



276.13 



322.15 



28.73 



8.35 



7.16 



*01ive 



18.72 

 21.61 



7005.1 

 6652.8 



4.06 

 3.60 



284.23 

 239:66 



331.60 

 279.60 



26.72 

 32.48 



6.59 

 9.02 



5.65 



^uidee 



7.73 



rShortie 



14.43 



5139.9 



4.70 



2U.82 



282.12 



28.07 



5.97 



5.11 



Sweet Briar. . 



21.90 



6364.6 



5.00 



318.42 



37L49 



34.40 



6.88 



5.90 



Topsy 



32.72 



11726.2 



3.81 



446.19 



520.56 



27.90 



7.33 



6.29 



Average. . 



22.12 



7454.0 



4.02 



299.39 



349.29 



29.64 



7.39 



6.33 



About half the dry matter in the rations was provided in the con- 

 centrates, which is very heavy feieding. The rations of grain ranged 

 from 10 to 20 pounds per day. At the time I considered it excessive, but I 

 have since for two consecutive years fed one plart grain to two piartfS 

 roughage, and am now satisfied that if nutriment in concentrates is 

 cheaper than in roughage, a ration may be advantageously used which 

 <jontains half the nutrients in the concentrates, and if the herd is handled 

 ;Skillfully, no injurious effects will follow. 



Referring to the record of the herd, it will be seen that the cost of 

 maintaining a cow for the year ranged from $14.43 to $32.72, and aver- 

 ..aged $22.12. Valueing milk at 75 cents per hundred pounds, the cow 

 -that cost $14.43 for keep brought a profit of $24.12, while the cow that 

 cost $32.72 for feed brought a net return of $55.22. This year we had 

 ;mbout the same variation in yield of milk from the different cows that 

 was obtained the year previous, the range being from 4,099.8 pounds to 

 :ll,726.2, and averaged 7,454, being just a trifle more than was obtained 



