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heifers added two proved to be exceptionally good ones, one pro- 

 ducing 7,889 pounds milk and 303 pounds fat, the other produc- 

 ing 8,607 pounds milk and 295 pounds fat. One of these heifers 

 was a registered Holstein, the other one was a high grade Hol- 

 stein, whose sire was a pure bred Holstein and her dam was cow 

 No. I, a grade Holstein, having a record of 5,970 pounds milk 

 containing 2^2 pounds fat. These two heifers produced an av- 

 erage of 29 pounds fat more than the average of the herd the 

 previous year and one pound fat more than the highest one-half 

 of the herd. These heifers are now mature cows and have pro- 

 duced 9,999 pounds of milk and 348 pounds of fat and 8,929 

 pounds of milk and 361 pounds of fat respectively in twelve 

 months. Both of these cows are returning more than two dollars 

 for every dollar's worth of feed consumed. These cows show 

 the value of having a pure bred sire at the head of the herd. 



Three years ago last summer a silo 30 feet deep and 14 feet 

 in diameter was built, 8 feet in the ground and 22 feet above the 

 ground. The 8 feet in the ground is built of an 8 inch brick wall, 

 and above the ground it is built according to the plan of a silo 

 described in Bulletin 102. The silo furnished an abundance of 

 succulent feed, and has proven a good investment every year 

 since it was built. A more nearly balanced ration was also fed 

 the following year. 



At the close of the third year's test the herd averaged 8,057 

 pounds of milk and 307 pounds fat, an increase of an average of 

 952 pounds milk and 47 pounds fat over the second year's aver- 

 age and an increase of 2,257 pounds of milk and 83 pounds of 

 fat over the first year's average. Every cow in the herd made 

 an increase in fat over the previous year. Cow No. 2 produced 

 loi pounds fat over the previous year. Cow No. 6 was not 

 fresh this year and made an increase of 32 pounds fat over the 

 previous year. 



At the close of the third year's test three of the lowest pro- 

 ducers were sold (209 pounds, 269 pounds and 313 pounds fat). 

 One heifer that had been raised was added to the herd and one 



