ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Ill 



milk of our herd is separated and sent in as cream; the night's 

 milk is bottled and sent in as whole milk. We raise our calves 

 from the morning's skim milk and the evening milk is sold as 

 whole milk. 



Q : — How many listed in the catalogue ? 



A : — The records of, perhaps, thirty cows will be in the 

 catalogue. 



Q : — Have you a test of the cow you have here with you ? 



A: — Yes, sir. 



Q : — What do they test in general ? 



A : — Average of 4.2 per cent, the average herd test. This 

 cow is tested rather high for the last month of 5 to 6 per cent. 

 It has varied between that. It is a little mite high for her, , about 

 4.7 or 4.8 usually, from 50 to 55 pounds of milk. She came in 

 about a month ago. 



Q : — Between 5 and 6 per cent ? 



A : — Yes sir, it has been higher than we are accustomed to : 

 from that down to 5 per cent. It has been above what we 

 consider usual — a little abnormal. 



Q : — The Holstein man, his dairy test ? 



A: — My herd run about 3.5. They run all the way from 

 3.4 to 3.8, running about 3.8 at present. 



Q : — What are the number of pounds in the year ? 



A : — We have been three consecutive years with Glover, 

 and I think the last year — I could not say exactly — but about 

 9,500 pounds, including heifers and all. They made almost 

 400 pounds of butter for the milking period, about ten months, 

 and averaged about 3.4 for the year. One cow I can speak of 

 gave 12,318 pounds of milk, 512 pounds of butter, 80 per cent 

 fat, average of 3.4. That was the largest record made in Illinois 

 for the year that Glover tested. We had several cows in our 

 herd that made yields from 3.7 to 4 per cent. The first year 

 I owned that cow she gave 11,102 pounds of milk, 458 pounds 

 of butter. During this milking year she was shipped from 

 Minnesota and was three days on the road. 



Sixty-five pounds a day during official test 3.5, 19 pounds 



