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addition to pasture, the cows received in summer 3 to 5 pounds of 

 bran per day. During the winter months they were given 3 

 pounds of bran, 5 pounds of corn and cob meal and a small al- 

 lowance of sucrene dairy feed for a short time. The health of 

 the herd was unimpaired and save the removal of a few cows be- 

 cause of inefficiency the record of the herd is very complete. 



The best cow produced 7291.0 pounds of milk, containing 

 314.96 pounds of butter fat, while the poorest one yielded 3846.7 

 pounds of milk, containing 168.48 pounds of butter fat. A 

 pure-bred dairy sire has been placed in the herd so that we may 

 expect much better results in the future. A liberal use of cowpea 

 and clover hay would have added very much to the efficiency of 

 the ration. Silage was not fed because the milk was used by a 



COndensory. Table 11. Herd No. 10. J. F. 



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.. 13 7291.0 4.31 314.96 21.69 .937 $83.84 $78.74 



Poorest cow 3 3846.7 4.38 168.48 21.48 .941 44.23 42.12 



Av. of 



herd 



5430.86 



4.18 



227.31 



17.86 



.747 



$62.45 



$56.30 



No. 



Day 

















cow. 



in milk 

















1 



271 



6047.3 



4.46 



269.45 



22.31 



.994 



$69.54 



$67.36 



2 



359 



5168.1 



3.96 



204.59 



14.39 



.569 



59.43 



51.15 



3 



179 



3846.7 



4.38 



168.48 



21.48 



.941 



44.23 



42.12 



4 



346 



5972.9 



3.68 



219.71 



17.26 



.635 



68.68 



54.93 



5 



316 



5778.7 



3.86 



222.86 



18.28 



.705 



66.45 



55.71 



7 



316 



4901.3 



4.06 



198.93 



15.51 



.629 



56.36 



49.74 



9 



316 



4183.0 



4.76 



200.40 



13.23 



.634 



48.10 



50.10 



11 



359 



4963.1 



4.60 



228.35 



13.82 



.636 



57.07 



57.08 



13 



336 



7291.0 



4.31 



314.96 



21.69 



.937 



83.84 



78.74 



14 



336 



5462.9 



4.21 



231.3 



16.25 



.688 



"62.82 



57.82 



15 



23~2 



5080.6 



4.25 



215.86 



21.89 



.930 



58.42 



53.96 



16 



296 



6981.8 



3.44 



240.34 



23.58 



.812 



80.29 



60.08 



18 



296 



4923.7 



4.32 



212.91 



16.63 



.719 



56.62 



$811.85 



53.22 





70,601.1 



2955.14 



$732.01 



Herd No. 11 F. G. A. 



In this herd, nine registered and grade Holsteins have com- 

 pleted a year's record. At the outset it will be well to bear in 

 mind that the six registered cows were each only two year's of 



