. Productive agriculture . Courtesy of tiic AgricuUurai Department, PurdueUniversity. Fig. 74. -Wedge shape as seen from thefront. DAIRYING 169 Economy of Milk Production of Dairy and Beef Types Dry Matter Consumed Number OF Animals Average LiveWeight Feed Cost Types Daily Daily per1000 VVt. Per PoundFat OF I Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Cents Beef type 3 1240 31-3 I7-S Less beef type 4 945 I5-I Spare, but lack- ing depth of body 3 875 ^5-5 Dairy type 12 951 Fig. 75. — Beef and dairy type in outline. Compare their confo
. Productive agriculture . Courtesy of tiic AgricuUurai Department, PurdueUniversity. Fig. 74. -Wedge shape as seen from thefront. DAIRYING 169 Economy of Milk Production of Dairy and Beef Types Dry Matter Consumed Number OF Animals Average LiveWeight Feed Cost Types Daily Daily per1000 VVt. Per PoundFat OF I Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Cents Beef type 3 1240 31-3 I7-S Less beef type 4 945 I5-I Spare, but lack- ing depth of body 3 875 ^5-5 Dairy type 12 951 Fig. 75. — Beef and dairy type in outline. Compare their conformation and function. It will be observed that the cows of a beef type and beeftemperament produced butterfat at a cost of cents per lyo PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE pound, and that the dairy type produced an equal amount ofbutterfat at a cost of cents per pound. 4. Circulation. Just how the cow digests foods and convertsit into milk is a topic too comphcated to present here. Foodmust be transformed and conveyed by the digestive and circula-
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