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TEE AOBICULTUBAL JOURNAL. 



included. Neither are heifers coming m 

 before the close of the year. All cows 

 are quoted that could be said were on the 

 farm the year round. Some of those 

 milked for six months and others up to 

 eleven months. 



A Victorian Herd. 



Summary of Returns for Year ended iUst 

 December, 1<S'JT. 



No. 



Name. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 G 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 lU 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 10 

 17 

 18 

 V.) 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 2(i 

 27 

 2H 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 



Caroline ... 



Star 



Spot 



Lottie 



Bess 



Kitty 



Lily 



Stumpy 



Fanny 



Flo 



Bawley 

 Mary Ann.. 

 Jenny 

 Blossom .. 

 Polly 

 Snaily 



Judy 



Rosy 



Lady 



Bonny 



Dolly 



Molly 



Matilda . 



Liz 



Princess . 



Betty 



Cherry 



Nelly 



Violet 



Gloss 



Redmond 



Pansy 







u 



a> 









-t^ 



"S 



Price 





H 



w 



floUa 





Lbs. 



d, 



OJ i 



4 "2 



,326'41 



8 



(341 



DO'-' 



4'2 



300-18 





4"2 



29503 





UOO 



36 



271-55 



8 





4"5 



268-04 







42 



263 65 



8 



1') 



4'6 



263-15 



8 



tD~' 



3-2 



25663 



8 



ot o 



4 



255'24 



8 



697 



3-3 



252-31 



8 



619 



3'6 





8 



662 



3-3 



239 64 



8 



670 



3 2 



234-89 



8 



666 



3-2 



233 49 



8 



587 



3-6 



233-38 



8 



521 



1 502 



4-0 



231-27 



8 



3-8 



21144 



8 



594 



3-2 



208 24 



8 



435 



3-9 



188-13 



8 



430 



3-9 



185-97 



8 

 8 

 8 



421 



392 



3- 8 



4- 



177-32 

 174 01 



492 



3-2 



17248 



8 



399 



38 



168 05 



8 



409 



3-7 



167 28 



8 



385 



3-9 



166-56 



8 



375 



4-0 



166 46 



8 



471 



3-2 



16512 



8 



359 



3-8 



151 20 



8 



,347 



3-8 



146-15 



8 



365 



36 



145-11 



8 



299 



37 



122-29 



H 











16,658 





6,866-79 





Analysis of Summari'. 

 The average number of pounds of milk 

 required to make a pound of butter was 



24.19. , , 



The average return m milk per head 

 was 520 gallons of butter 215.21 fts., and 

 in money £7 3s. 5d. 



The return in milk from the best cow 

 was 697 gallons, from the ten best an 

 average of 025 gallons, from the ten 



worst an average of 390 gallons, and from 

 the worst cow 299 gallons. 



The return in butter from the best cow 

 was 326.41 fts., from the ten best an 

 •average of 275.21 lbs., from the ten 

 worst? an average of 157.07 lbs., and from 

 the worst cow 122.29 lbs. 



The return in money from the best 

 cow is £10 17s. 7d., from the ten best an 

 average of £9 3s. 5d., from the ten worst 

 an average of £5 4s. 8d., and from the 

 worst cow £4 Is. 6d. 



Striking Deductions. 

 In order to make the lesson more in- 

 structive, it is assumed that the cost of 

 each cow's keep for a year amounts to 

 10^ and the cost of attention is £1 10s. 

 This £4 is estimated to sufficiently pro- 

 vide for rent or interest on the invest- 

 ment for each cow's keep, and the labour 

 involved. Anything returned over that 

 sum may be looked upon as profit. 



Therefore the best cow gives a proht 

 of £6 17s. 7d., the ten best average £5 3s^ 

 5d., the ten worst average £1 4s. 8d., and 

 the worst cow a profit of Is. (id. Ihe 

 best cow gives over 91 times as much 

 profit as the worst one, and the profit 

 from the ten best cows amounts to nearly 

 the gross return from the ten worst cows. 



An Intkresting Comparison. 

 Many dairymen believe in cows that 

 give a large quantity of milk ; others be- 

 lieve only in cows that give a good 'test. 

 Both are right to a certain degree, and to 

 be safe, the quantity as well as the 

 (luality must be taken into account. 



Attention is directed to the two cows 

 Kos. 7 and 8. The latter gives 223 

 gallons more milk than the former, and 

 yet brings in less money. Both are al- 

 most equally profitable cows, although 

 one gives a 4.6 test and the other only 3 2. 

 The goal can really be secured by widely- 

 differing routes. 



Another Comparison. 

 In looking over the monthly charts 

 containing the records of those cows, it 

 is found that "Lady," No. 19, gives the 

 largest quantity for that period. ihe 

 following monthly comparison is interest- 

 ing :— 



