12 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
TABLE 13. 
Condensed Statistics of Sixteen Dairy Herds Studied by the Station. 












Nn ONMWOW ANH BR QUO 




i KC; 
De NUMBER OF ANIMALS IN TEST. rm "os 
| 3 % | 8) L 
fa % || % 
Number |_| £ | € | & | aie i Vi fe: |e 
HERD feutee te pars 5 ie ek o 6 bel 3 4 bee 
° | bel <x Q ss) = i @}| 0 S| oO} eH 
f= ee Zl oy oe 
|} OU} we bose t eae = >it] 6 
“Ir. |¢.{r./G./R.|G./R.|6.JR.|G./R.] G. IR. Sha 
‘, - ~ {3 rl} =| a] =| -| -| 8] a] =} "3 1) Sa ipoeie ee 
2 - -|4 -|----|-|-| -|-]-1-|-|.17 | -| -| 2] 18 |qoo} 7 
3, 5 - | 5} -| -| -| -| -| -| z] -| -| -| 3} 8 | -| -| 1] 13 |800| 5 
Al z - | 4|-|-| -| -] -| -| -| - -| -| 1] 18 | -| +] -| 19 |800; 5 
ae - | 5} -| x] -| -| -| - -| x] -| 2] -| 5 | -| -| 6] 15 |800! 6 
6, : - | 5|-|-| -| -| -| -| -| 11 -|-] 1; 3 | 3] 2] +] 10 |goo 6 
7, é - | 5} -| 2} -| -| -| 1} -| -| -| 5} -|. 6 | -| -| 3] 17 [825] 6 
S és a i) eazy a to tas ea ie es oc Moe howl be 
9, i - | 5| -| -| -| -| -| -| 5} 6} -| -|-| — | -| -] 1] 12 |goo] 7 
10, : heh) lS) 1p ee 4| 13 | -| -| -| 18 |850] 5 
II, 2 A Ag ie ee ee -| -| - -| -| -| -| 18 | -| =| -| 18 |825]| 5 
12,0 More eS 8) Sh] =] lala oe aia oe a 
13, $ - | 5} -| x] -| | -] 2} -| x] -| 1] 6| 6 | -|-| t] 19 |800) 5} 1 
14, - - | 5} -| -| -| ~| -| -| -| -| -} -| -| ro | -} -| -| 10 [8751 7 
5; -  -|5/-| 1} -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 18 | -| -| -| 19 |850) 6 
es erates | on Mow Me Ps ecified lea peje 
1] 5 1| 8| r| 3lzg 19] 3] gir6\ 138| 3 2l26 254 |850 












As shown in table 13, the sixteen herds examined contained 
254 milk-giving cows, or an average of about sixteen per herd. 
The smallest herd contained ten cows; the largest twenty. Seven 
breeds and grades were represented besides some animals of un- 
known pedigree. Forty-four cows, or 17 per cent. of the whole 
were of pure breed; 184, or 73 per cent. of the whole, were grades, 
and 26, or ro per cent. of the whole, were ‘‘natives,” that is, 
animals without any special breeding so far as known. One 
hundred and fifty-four, or 60 per cent. of the whole, were either 
pure or grade Jerseys, and 38, or 15 per cent. of the whole, were 
pure or grade Guernseys. While no effort was made to select 
herds of any particular breeding, it happened that three-fourths 
of all the animals of these herds were, to a greater or less extent, 
from stock originally from the Channel Islands. 
The average ages of the animals of each of the sixteen different 
herds ranged from five to seven years, six being about the 
average age of the animals of all the herds taken together. The 
youngest animal was two years old (in third year) and the oldest 
was 17 years. Fifty-eight of the cows were under four years, 193 


