. The creamery patron's handbook. Dairying. 294 THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. She was purchased from him a few weeks before dropping her calf, and during the first part of the year she gave every evidence of being very homesick, which in all probability was responsible for her record not being much higher. As will be seen from the photograph, she repre- sents a good type of the up-to-date Shorthorn breeding cow. She traces directly to imported stock and is the dam and granddam of many choice cows and heifers owned by Mr. Little. Production. During the milking period of 338 days she gave 7,83
. The creamery patron's handbook. Dairying. 294 THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. She was purchased from him a few weeks before dropping her calf, and during the first part of the year she gave every evidence of being very homesick, which in all probability was responsible for her record not being much higher. As will be seen from the photograph, she repre- sents a good type of the up-to-date Shorthorn breeding cow. She traces directly to imported stock and is the dam and granddam of many choice cows and heifers owned by Mr. Little. Production. During the milking period of 338 days she gave 7,833 lbs. of milk which contained lbs. of fat, or pounds of but- ter. The average amount of butter fat in her milk for the year was per cent. Profit. Her feed for the year cost $ cents, being the second largest feed account in the herd, which is no doubt attributable to the poor condition of her teeth at twelve years of age. Her butter and skim milk products were valued at $, leaving a profit of $ ROSE—GRADE SHORTHORN. Rose was bred by the pure-bred Shorthorn bull General Bly of-Oakland 17th 107,946. The dam of this bull was Oxford Bloom 7th of Oakland, a cow that won first prize in her class some years ago with strong com- petition at the Minnesota State Fair and at the Wisconsin State Fair two. 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 [Kolarik, Joseph] [from old catalog]. Chicago, The National dairy union
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