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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Q: — What do you call a dual purpose cow? 



A: — Is one that is medium size to large, weighing about 1200 pounds. 

 She has not as broad, a back as our beef animal, but she is broader than 

 the dairy cow. She has a deep body and a well developed udder, good 

 milk wells and veins. She has good depth of body and not too heavy 

 thighs. A cow that is medium, 'between the typical dairy and beefi ani- 

 mal. 



Here is another herd in the same community. The man sold 1870" 

 pounds of milk and 69 pounds of butter fat. The cost of feeding was $14.06. 

 The net returns he received from butter fat at 25 cents') a pound was 

 $17.40. 



Q : — How many cows in that herd ? 



A:— I think 16 or 17. 



He received $17.40 and the cost of feed was $14.06, leaving a profit of 

 $3.34 for the week. Figuring his skim milk as I have before would give 

 a profit of $7.32. The ration contains 14 pounds of grain, 9 pounds of 

 bran, 5 of corn, oat straw and corn stover, all they will eat. That is a 

 ration which is exceptionally rich ingrain. It is a heavy ration, 14 pounds 

 a day to a cow, so he is feeding less to the cows that are getting well 

 along in the period of lactation; this ration is only fed to the fresh milk 

 cows. He was feeding 2.23 pounds protein to his cows; enough protein 

 for a cow that is making 400 or 500 pounds of butter a year. I believe in 

 feeding according to the amount of milk and butter the cow is able to pro- 

 duce. There is no use in trying to crowd a 150 pound cow to make 500- 

 pounds of butter. A cow that is only making 200 <jr 300 pounds of butter 

 does not need as much as the cow that is making 400 or 500 pounds. 

 Some of the scientific rations are all wrong for some cows; 2 1 / 4 or 2% 

 protein for cows that are making 400 or 500 pounds of butter is alright. 

 If you feed these 200 pound' cows as much protein as the 500 pound cows 

 she will use that feed to make flesh or waste it and» not make milk. 

 Feed according to the amount of milk and butter that the cow is giving. 

 This man was feeding extremely high in protein; he was feeding too 



