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use of a pure-bred sire. For several years the owner has persis- 

 tently used a dairy bull of good breeding and approved form, 

 and as a result his herd now contains an attractive lot of uniform- 

 ly highly productive young cows. The table shows that the 

 best cow produced 399.47 pounds of butter fat per year, while 

 the poorest record was that of a two-year-old heifer that yielded 

 211.8 pounds of butter fat which is no discredit to a cow of that 

 age. One of the important facts that has contributed to the suc- 

 cessful results in this herd is the care exercise in removing un- 

 profitable cows. Although located at a considerable distance from 

 the factory to which his milk is delivered, over bad roads most 

 of the year, the owner has found dairying profitable. He early 

 realized that he could not hope for success without cows of great 



Table 7. Herd No. 6. 



G. W. 





No. 



a 



+3 



4^ 





>> 



00; 







Breed 







o 





O 



>s 



>s 



*S§ 



03 "S 



be 









H 



Ph 



H 



<i a 



««« 



►>*-< 



>^ 



< 





Best cow, 



2 



9067.0 



4.41 



99 47 



28.33 



1.248 



$104.27 



$99.87 



7 



Gr. Shorth'n 



Poorest cow 16 



57S6.5 



3.65 



211.80 



20.12 



.735 



66.65 



52 95 



2 



Gr. Holstein 



A v. of herd 



7873.19 



3.62 



285.21 



25.78 



.934 



$90.54 



$71.30 







No. 



Days 





















cow. 



it milk. 





















1 



204 



4380.6 



5.10 



224.53 



21.47 



1.100 



$50.38 



$56.13 



7 



Gr. Holstein 



2 



320 



9067 



4.41 



399.47 



28 33 



1.248 



104.27 



99.87 



7 



Gr. Shorth'n 



3 



326 



6521.1 



3.37 



219.77 



20.00 



.674 



75.09 



54.94 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



4 



296 



6683.0 



4.29 



236.63 



22.57 



.968 



76.85 



71.65 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



5 



358 



9908.7 



3.01 



298.55 



27.67 



.833 



113.95 



74.64 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



6 



275 



7302.4 



2.65 



275.23 



26.55 



1.000 



83.98 



68.81 



5 



Gr. Holstein 



7 



287 



8536.5 



3.62 



308.81 



29.74 



1.076 



98.17 



77.20 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



8 



282 



6801.3 



3.89 



264.24 



24.11 



.937 



78.21 



66.06 



5 



Gr. Shorth'n 



9 



288 



6:#3.0 



4.14 



257.58 



21.60 



.894 



71.56 



64.39 



7 



Gr. Holstein 



10 



320 



9725.7 



3.85 



374.77 



30.39 



1.171 



111.85 



93.69 



8 



Pure Hoi st'n 



11 



308 



5^3.4 



4.41 



240 40 



17.70 



.780 



62.71 



60.10 



2 



Reg. Holst'n 



12 



345 



10125.4 



3.22 



324.23 



29.34 



.939 



116.44 



81.06 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



13 



233 



7133.8 



3.81 



271.81 



30.61 



1.166 



84.33 



67.95 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



14 



333 



9028.5 



3.75 



338.44 



27.11 



1.016 



103.82 



84.61 



4 



Gr. Holstein 



15 



295 



7005 



3.55 



247.47 



23.74 



.842 



87.56 



62.11 



o 



Gr. Holstein 



16 



288 



5796.4 



3.65 



211.80 



20.12 



.735 



66.65 



52.95 



2 



Gr. Holstein 



17 



365 



10670.2 



2.80 



297.64 



29.23 



.815 



122.70 



74.41 



9 



Reg. Holst'n 



18 



309 



9171.3 



3.10 



285.62 



29.68 



.936 



105.46 



71. 



5 



Reg. Holst'n 



19 



330 



9594.1 



2.80 



274.63 



27 07 



.832 



119.92 



68.65 



5 



Reg. Holst'n 



20 



344 



8436.5 



3.57 



301.5 i 



24.52 



.876 



97.01 



75.39 



5 



Reg. Holst'n 





157463.9 



5704.22 



11830.91 $1427.00 





efficiency, so he set about to obtain them by the only rational 



