S6 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



of lactation would be in favor of the last two cows and against Rose^ 

 as she had been in longer. 



Mr. Wright: Did you notice any difference in the appetites of the- 

 cows Rose and Nora. Whether Nora was hard to feed, or the next cow 

 Maud was rather a delicate eater, didn't care whether she ate or not. 

 Did you notice any difference while feeding? 



A. The cow Maud was not nearly so good an eater as Nora. Rose 

 and Nora had appetites as nearly equal as possible. They ate the same 

 amount right along. That is a very important thing. 



That cow Maud there looks as though she was a little thin. 



A. She only ate two-thirds as much as the other two. 



Q. That would have a natural effect upon the cow for production? 



A. Yes, and yet it was more economical than the cow Nora. 



Q. You say she produced butter fat more economically than the 

 others? 



A. Not than Rose. 



Q. Than some of the others? How much more economical? There 

 are several things aside from the feeding. The care is a factor and all 

 other expenses which come in, were they suflacient to overcome the 

 economy of this cow over one who produces more? 



A. That is a matter which w ould differ in different instances, de» 

 pending upon the cost of the care. Take with the first of these two. Rose- 

 and Nora, the care was equal and the feeding was equal, and yet one pro- 

 duced 1% butter fat, while the other was 1. The object is the difference- 

 in efficiency of cows. It depends upon the cost. 



Q. What proportion of economy over some of the others is this cow. 



A. I am not able to answer that question, I have not found out the 

 expense of keeping. This is on the difference in the efficiency of cows.. 



Another point which is practi ced largeuy in the northern part of Illi- 

 nois is buying cows from the wes t and different places, and keeping them 

 only as long as they give milk and then selling them. If you get a first 

 class cow, which we have but a v ery few, you don't get the progeny f rona 

 those. All of the best cows should be bred, and all the calves raised in 



