3 16 Butter Record of the Buckhold Herd. 



figures which accompany this paper were made for me by my 

 bailiff, Mr. John Cox, after the original plan drawn up here. 

 The close results of the churning and the chemical tests 

 are complete evidence of the care he has shown in the working 

 of the Gerber test and of his skilful superintendence of all the 

 churning operations. 



Herbert Watney. 



Record A. 



Butter made during the year, taken from the farm butter sale 



book 13,567 lb. 



Butter contained in 8,973 quarts of milk and 908 quarts of 



cream used at the house or at the farm for calves. &c. ... 1,580 



Probable amount of butter made by cows when travelling to 



or from and during their stay at the public shows ... 141 



15,288 „ 



There were 29 cows in the herd during the whole year and 

 17 cows in the herd for different parts of the year ; these parts 

 of the year when added together make a total of 1,787 days ; 

 thus the 17 cows for parts of the year are equal to 4-89 cows 

 for a whole year. There were, therefore, an average number 

 of 33*89 cows in the herd all the year, and these give an average 

 of 45i T V lb. of butter per cow per year. 



By means of record B we can apportion the number 

 15,288, between the 29 cows and the 17 cows. 



The 29 cows that were in the herd the whole year gave 

 13,074 lb. of butter, or an average of 45of lb. of butter per cow 

 per year. 



The 17 cows that were in the herd only for parts of the year 

 gave 2,214 lb. of butter; and if reckoned as 4*89 cows, have 

 an average at the rate of 452 T 7 o lb. of butter per cow per year. 



