294 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 









Table 15. Herd No. 16. 



J. C. C. 





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p V p H « > 



a «<j ti 



& p 



^ S. <1 



o «-•■ p 



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° ^ Breed. 



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Best cow. . . 9 



5292.6 



4.49 2,37.64 14.82 



.665 



$60.86 



$59.41 5 Jersey 



Poorest 



cow 6 



3751.5 



3.99 150.01 15.31 



.612 



43.14 



37.50 3 Gr. Shorthorn 



Av. of 



herd 



4607.5 



3.98 183.52 14.55 



.641 



$52.98 



$45.88 



No. 



Days 













cow. 



in milk 













1 



312 



4271.9 



3.67 157.11 12.49 



.459 



$49.11 



$39.27 12 Gr. Shorth'rn 



2 



329 



3929.2 



3.56 139.93 11.94 



.425 



45.18 



34.98 14 Gr. Shorth'rn 



3 



296 



4988.0 



3.85 192.07 16.85 



.648 



57.36 



48.01 12 Gr. Shorth'rn 



4 



,316 



4153.8 



3.74 155.71 13.14 



.492 



47.76 



38.92 7 Gr. Shorth'rn 



5 



344 



5627.5 



3.56 200.56 16.35 



.583 



64.71 



50.14 6 Gr. Shorth'rn 



6 



245 



3751.5 



3.99 150.01 15.31 



.612 



43.14 



37.50 3 Gr. Shorth'rn 



7 



342 



4215.3 



4.89 206.19 12.32 



.602 



48.47 



51.54 3 Gr. Shorth'rn 



9 



357 



5292.6 



4.49 2.37.64 14.82 



.665 



60.86 



59.41 5 Jersey 



10 



292 



5237.9 



4.05 212.60 17.91 



.727 



60.23 



53.15 14 Gr. Shorth'rn 





41467.7 



1651.82 





$476.82 $412.92 



a ration composed of three pounds of bran, three pounds of corn 

 and cob meal, eight pounds of clover hay, and a part of the time 

 an allowance of oat hay and millet hay. At all times the feeding 

 was liberal, yet the ration was too wide for dairy cows. In sum- 

 mer, the food consisted of good pasture, two pounds of bran per 



day, and fresh sorghum during August and September 



After testing for a year, the owner has decided that these 

 cows are too poor from which to rear as good a herd as he desires. 

 He feels that they have such a strong tendency to use their food 

 for flesh production that it will take too long to overcome it by 

 the infusion of dairy blood through the use of a pure-bred dairy 

 sire. His standard he has set at 10,000 pounds of milk in a year 

 containing 350 pounds of butter fat, and he is buying high grade 

 dairy cows with the hope of being able in the course of a few 

 years to reach that level. The outcome of his efforts will be 

 watched with interest for even now his practices are an object 

 lesson to the community. This is not an isolated case for there are 



