280 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 









Table 10. 



Herd 



No. 8. 





W . W 

















Value milk 



Value 







Total 



Percent 



Total 



Av. milk. 



Av. fat. 



at $1.15 : 



B. F. at 





No. 



milk. 



fat. 



fat. 



per day 



per day. 



per 100. 



25c lb 



Best cow. . . 5 



6647.0 



3.09 



263.42 



18.21 



.721 



$76.20 



$65.85 



Poorest 



cow 7 

 lerd 



2690.8 



3.61 

 4.29 



97.17 



15.92 

 15.30 



.5/5 

 .655 



29.94 



24.29 



Av. of 1 



4485.7 



192.51 



$51.58 



$48.12 



No. 



Days 

















cow. 



in milk. 

















1 



236 



3565.2 



4.56 



165.9 



15.10 



.703 



$41.00 



$41.50 



2 



280 



5447.0 



3.79 



206.31 



19.45 



.737 



62.64 



51.58 



3 



196 



4100.9 



4.52 



185.75 



20.92 



.947 



47.16 



46.43 



4 



321 



4681.4 



4.97 



232.67 



14.58 



.724 



53.84 



58.17 



5 



365 



6647.0 



3.09 



263.42 



18.21 



.721 



76.20 



65.85 



7 



169 



2690.8 



3.61 



97.17 



15.92 



.575 



29.04 



24.29 



8 



365 



4588.9 



4.65 



206.56 



12.57 



.566 



52.77 



51.64 



9 



365 



5482.2 



4.04 



222.95 



15.02 



.610 



63.10 



55.74 



11 



325 



3773.5 



5.57 



189.28 



11.61 



.582 



43.39 



47.32 



12 



314 



3959.8 



3.92 



155.18 



12.61 



.494 



45.54 



38.79 



44,929.7 1924.19 $515.58 $481.31 



The best cow yielded 263.42 pounds of butter fat while the 

 poorest produced only 97.17 pounds of butter fat in the year. The 

 average return from the whole herd was low, being only 192.51 

 pounds of butter fat. The annual production of 4500 pounds of 

 milk is not very encouraging, yet with proper management cows 

 of this class can be used as stock upon which to build a better 

 herd. The feeding of more grain in summer and the use of more 

 leguminous roughness as cowpea hay in winter would have given 

 better results. The capacity of the cows, however, would not 

 warrant too liberal a ration. 



Herd No. 10. J. F. 



At the beginning of the test this herd was made up of eigh- 

 teen cows of mixed breeding, some of which proved to be credit- 

 able animals. The owner was fairly successful in selecting cows, 

 and by feeding them carefully he was able to realize, on the 

 whole, a respectable profit from the consumption of his course 

 foods. He had no silo, but preserved his roughness in good con- 

 dition for feeding, exercising care in handling his manure. In 



