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pounds during the year. This herd illustrates very well the great 

 advantages to be realized from the use of good blood. The 

 poorest cow, an Angus, could not be expected to produce milk 









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en pi 



O CD 



> 



CD 



Breed. 



test cow. . 1 



6911.4 



6.91 477.3 



21.80 



1.50 



$79.48 $119.32 



6 Jersey 



>oores 



t cow 9 



3477.6 



4.64 161.46 

 5.91 350.17 



29.22 



1.35 



39.99 



40.36 : 



$87.54 



15 Gr. Angus 



iv, of 



herd 



5921.41 



21.10 



1.25 



$68.09 





No. 



Days 

















cow. 



in milk 

















1 



317 



6911.4 



6.91 477.3 



21.80 



1.50 



$79.48 $119.32 



6 Jersey 



2 



337 



6746.8 



6.00 405.0 



20.02 



1.20 



77.5.8 



101.25 



7 Gr. Jersey 



3 



288 



6734.1 



6.38 429.7 



23.37 



1.49 



77.44 



107.42 



6 Gr. Holstein 



4 



323 



7349.1 



5.58 410.35 



22.75 



1.27 



84.51 



102.58 



7 Gr. Jersey 



5 



294 



6739.7 



6.19 416.93 



22.92 



1.41 



77.50 



104.23 



8 Jersey 



6 



272 



5485.0 



4.85 266.00 



20.16 



.977 



63.07 



66.50 



8 Gr. Shorth'n 



7 



307 



5562.1 



5.63 313.44 



18:11 



1.02 



63.96 



78.36 



1 Gr. Shorth'n 



8 



263 



4286.9 



6.33 271.40 



16.30 



1.03 



49.29 



67.85 15 Gr, Shorth'n 



9 



119 



3477.6 



4.64 161.46 



29.22 



1.35 



39.99 



40.36 15 Gr. Angus 





53292.7 



3151.58 





$612.82 $787.61 





readily because she was too old and not properly bred. It will be 

 observed however, that the high grade Jersey and Holstein stood 

 far in the lead for butter fat production. These animals were 

 collected by simple using good judgement and buying only good 

 cows. Much of the success in securing good ones turns upon the 

 willingness to pay a fair price. The milk from this herd is de- 

 livered to the local creamery so that its richness in butter fat is a 

 decided advantage. The owner is forced to employ intensive 

 methods, as his farm is small and not very fertile. His main 

 source of income is from butter fat, hence the necessity of keep- 

 cows capable of yeilding a liberal quanity of rich milk from a 

 comparatively small amount of food. 



In summer they were given about two pounds of bran per 

 day, in addition to pasture of rather ordinary quality. The 



