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BULLETIN 73. 
DAINTY NOBLE.—TABLES I AND II. 
Dainty Noble is a registered Jersey heifer. At the time 
of this experiment she was in her lirst period of lactation, 
her calf having been dropped January 1, 1902, at which time 
Dainty Noble was twenty-one months old. Her calf was 
taken away immediately after birth. Dainty Noble was fed 
liberally with a ration of wheat and corn chop and alfalfa 
hay. Sugar beets also formed a part of the ration most of 
the time until the experiment began, so the beets were not 
altogether a new food for her, and there would be no un¬ 
desirable results from change of food ration. 
CILDANA.-TABLES III AND IV. 
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Gildana is an old decrepit Jersey having passed the use¬ 
ful years of her life and is being kept as a nurse cow for un¬ 
fortunate calves from our beef herds. Gildana’s last calf 
was dropped in August, 1901, from which time she had been 
milked as her motherly services had not been required else¬ 
where. She too had been fed sugar beets along with a grain 
and alfalfa ration. The largest milk record which Gildana 
leaves is from January 1, 1897, to January 1, 1898, during 
which time she produced 7,809 pounds of milk. The per 
cent of butter fat is not recorded. 
YOUNG GRANNIE.-TABLES V AND VI. 
Young Grannie had dropped her sixth calf in August, 
1901, being herself eleven years old the previous May. In 
her prime she had been a good milker and a large profit 
cow. Young Grannie is also a registered Jersey. The ra¬ 
tion of sugar beets, wheat and corn chop and alfalfa hay had 
also been fed to Young Grannie. 
MOUNTAIN BEAUTY. —TABLES VII AND VIII. 
Mountain Beauty is a pure-bred Shorthorn heifer out of 
Bessie Geneva 2d. As a calf Mountain Beauty was of re¬ 
markable proportions. “She is as handsome a calf as I ever 
saw’’ were the words of the President of the National Live 
Stock Association. Mountain Beauty dropped her first calf 
when she was still very young. It wasthought advisable to take 
the calf away from her, and in despite of the high condition 
in which she had been kept for the fairs, to see if she would 
still show the tendency of her dam in the dairy line. 
Mountain Beauty had not been accustomed to sugar 
beets before the experiment as had the preceeding cows. 
