. Common-sense ideas for dairymen; being an exposition of the methods pursued by the most practical and successful dairymen in the Elgin district. Dairying. Selection cf Dairy Stock. 23 noticed in the beefy group. After carefully comparing the record of each animal in the herd with the annual yield and cost of feed, it was clearly that the greater the inclination to lay on flesh the greater was the cost of butter production To further carry on investigation in this line, and have it cover a period when an exact record could be kept of all food consumed by each cow, the winter season was
. Common-sense ideas for dairymen; being an exposition of the methods pursued by the most practical and successful dairymen in the Elgin district. Dairying. Selection cf Dairy Stock. 23 noticed in the beefy group. After carefully comparing the record of each animal in the herd with the annual yield and cost of feed, it was clearly that the greater the inclination to lay on flesh the greater was the cost of butter production To further carry on investigation in this line, and have it cover a period when an exact record could be kept of all food consumed by each cow, the winter season was chosen and a record was kept of the amount and kind of ration fed to each cow, and the amount of milk and. FORTUNE, Experiment Station, St. Anthonj- Park. Record—9, milk, butter, Cost per pound butter, cents. butter-fat produced. In summing up the winter's work, variations similar to those observed in the yearly record, were noticed; that is, the cow with a beefy tendency was shown to be less profitable than the spare cow. As before remarked, there were variations in each group, and the next problem to be solved was, why these variations? As demonstrated by the experiment referred to above it was found that, while, generally speaking, the spare cow was more profitable than the cow with a tendency to lay on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Blake, George H. Elgin, Ill. , The Elgin Dairy Report
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