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portunity to grade up his herd by the use of a pure bred dairy 

 sire. The most of his cows would make excellent foundation 

 animals for an effort of this kind. The farm, which is rented, 

 has carried a large number of cattle in past years, consequently 

 its state of fertility is such that rough food for the herd is pro- 

 duced abundently and easily. The herd was fed largely upon 

 farm-grown foods, cowpea hay making up a large part of the ra- 

 tion during the winter months. This, together with the use of 

 farm-grown grains assisted materially in reducing the cost of 

 milk production. The pasture was abundant and of fine quality 

 During the winter months the herd received for roughness, corn 

 stover, oat hay, and cowpea hay in liberal amounts. For con- 

 centrates there was little fed, besides bran and corn and cob meal 

 except for about three weeks. Sucrene, a proprietary dairy feed, 

 was given. The cows were provided with a comfortable stable 

 though it was dark and rather poorly arranged. The health of 

 the animals was good. 







Table 5 



. Her 



d No. 4. 



Value 



Value 





W. P. 



No. 



Total 



Percent 



Total 



milk at 



B. F. at 



Age Breed 



cow 



milk 



fat 



fat 



$1.15 per 100 



25c lb. 







Best cow — 1 



7445.1 



4.82 



358 59 



$85.62 



$89.65 



6 



Jersey 



Poorest cow 3 



4091.2 

 6219.77 



3.83 

 3.89 



156.71 

 242.32 



$47.05 



$7152 



39.18 



8 



Gr. Shorthorn 



Av. of herd.. 



$60 58 





1 



7445.1 



4.82 



358.59 



$85.62 



$89.65 



6 



Jersey 



2 



6306.0 



3.62 



228 24 



72.52 



57.06 



8 



Gr. Shorthorn 



3 



4091.2 



3.83 



156.71 



47.05 



39.18 



8 



Gr. Shorthorn 



4 



5316.7 



3.98 



211.76 



61. .4 



52.94 



7 



Gr. Shorteoru 



5 



6593.4 



3.57 



235.72 



75.82 



58.93 



12 



Gr. Holstein 



6 



6143.6 



4.36 



268.22 



70.65 



67.05 



8 



Gr. Shorthorn 



9 



7913.0 



3.49 



276.13 



91.00 



69.03 



9 



Gr. Holstein 



10 



6509.7 



3.07 



242.3 



74.86 



60.80 



7 



Gr. Shorthorn 



11 



8875 



3.44 



305.72 



102.07 



76.43 



12 



Gr. Holstein 



12 



4065.1 



4.87 



198.10 



46.74 



49.50 



5 



Jer. and Hoi. 



15 



5158.8 



3.55 



183.06 



59.33 



45.76 



8 



Gr. Holstein. 



68417.51 



.55 



$786.i 



$666.33 



The best cow in the herd produced 3353.9 pounds more milk 

 and 201.88 pounds more butter fat than the poorest one. The 

 total butter fat production of the best cow was 228 times as much 

 as that of the poorest cow. Table six in preparing the weekly 

 production of cows 1, 7, 8, and 13, shows clearly the great dif- 

 ference in presistency in them. Although 7 and 8 calved in July, 

 they should have been giving more than 15 pounds of milk per 



