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ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 









Table 13 



. Herd 



No. 12. 





J. H. 



P. 















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. . 12 



6429.4 



3.80 



248.36 



23.63 



.913 



$73.93 



$62.09 



Poores 



t cow 7 

 herd 



2090.4 



4.83 

 3.89 



101.05 



10.61 

 16.91 



.512 



.658 



24.03 



25.26 



Av. of 



4503.65 



175.41 



$51.79 



$43.85 



No. 



Days 

















cows. 



in mili 



v. 















1 



340 



4790.2 



4.04 



193.66 



14.08 



.569 



$55.08 



$48.41 



2 



283 



5362.9 



4.03 



216.49 



18.95 



.764 



61.67 



54.12 



3 



253 



4717.2 



4.04 



190.70 



18.64 



.753 



54.24 



47.67 



4 



308 



4648.5 



4.14 



192.61 



15.92 



.625 



53.45 



48.15 



5 



326 



5408.1 



3.83 



207.53 



16.58 



.636 



62.19 



52.38 



6 



257 



3205.2 



4.11 



131.77 



12.47 



.512 



36.85 



32.94 



7 



197 



2090.4 



4.83 



101.05 



10.61 



.512 



24.03 



25.26 



8 



248 



4614.9 



3.64 



168.25 



18.60 



.678 



53.07 



42.06 



9 



240 



3264.7 



3.64 



118.88 



13.60 



.495 



37.54 



29.72 



10 



278 



4898.6 



3.53 



173.38 



17.62 



.623 



56.33 



43.34 



11 



256 



5438.5 



3.40 



189.85 



21.24 



.741 



62.54 



47.46 



12 



272 



6429.4 



3.80 



248.36 



23.63 



.913 



73.93 



62.09 



1.3 



203 



3678.9 



4.01 



147.84 



18.12 



.728 



42.30 



36.96 





58,547.5 



2280.37 



$673.12 



$570.56 



five pounds each of corn stover and clover hay for roughness. 

 Better results would have been obtained if the ration had been 

 composed of five pounds bran, eight pounds corn and cob meal, 

 ten pounds clover hay and what corn stover they would readily 

 consume. During the summer months, the herd was maintained 

 upon pasture exclusively, except during the early part of the sea- 

 son, when a small amount of bran and corn and cob meal was 

 given. Little need be said about the records of the different 

 cows. From the description already given and a careful study of 

 the table, it is easy to see the difficulties in the way of producing 

 milk and butter fat cheaply with cows of the kind indicated. With 

 the present trend of breeding there is no immediate prospect of a 

 rapid improvement of the herd. 



Herd No. 15. C. J. W. 



This herd was owned by a progressive farmer who made 

 milk production an incident rather than the main part of his 



