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you know how much it costs to keep a cow? If it costs 
more to feed a cow than the value of her milk, the 
best thing to do is to get a better cow, or sell the cow 
and buy milk. Do not keep a “boarder” cow. How are 
you going to tell which cow is a boarder? The only way 
to find out is a record for every day in the year. The 
cow eats whether she gives milk or not, so the 'feed 
record is important for each day of the year. It is 
very easy to make out a record blank for a month and 
place it in the barn or some place where only a minute 
is required to record the weight of milk produced and 
the amount of feed given. The following plans will 
suggest a record for five cows: 
MILK RECORD 
Month of 
Bossie 
Spot 
Redd 
Beauty 
Flossie 
January 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
1 A. M. 
18 
16 
17 
10 
12 
P. M. 
20 
17 
17 
8 
10 
2 A. M. 
18 
15 
16 
11 
13 
P. M. 
19 
16 
15 
12 
11 
3 A. M. 
16 
17 
18 
9 
10 
P. M. 
19 
16 
19 
10 
12 
Total for month .. . 
110 
97 
102 
60 
68 
The above record indicates the method of keeping 
weights for the morning and evening milkings. A total 
for the month will show how much more Bossie re¬ 
turns than Beauty, 
