. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 1071, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE. Table 8.—Month of freshening in relation to average annual production and income per cow. Month of freshening. Number of cows. Milk produc- tion. Butterfat produc- tion. Gross income. Income over cost of feed. January February March April May June July .- August September October November December Total and averages 1,209 1,185 1,472 1,047 677 460 396 472 779 1,016 1,067 1,090 Pounds. 6,416 6,164 5,962 5,698 5,806 5,717 5,864 6,225 6,408 6,865 6,727 6,764 Pounds. 256 2
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 8 BULLETIN 1071, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE. Table 8.—Month of freshening in relation to average annual production and income per cow. Month of freshening. Number of cows. Milk produc- tion. Butterfat produc- tion. Gross income. Income over cost of feed. January February March April May June July .- August September October November December Total and averages 1,209 1,185 1,472 1,047 677 460 396 472 779 1,016 1,067 1,090 Pounds. 6,416 6,164 5,962 5,698 5,806 5,717 5,864 6,225 6,408 6,865 6,727 6,764 Pounds. 256 250 241 231 232 224 233 250 259 274 271 268 10,870 6,269 252 The cows that freshened in September, October, November, De- cember, and January averaged high in production of both milk and. &£//?££:/? Or CO/T& Fig. 2.—Relation of butterfat production to month of freshening, butterfat. For each of thes^five groups the average butterfat pro- duction was above 250 pounds, but for cows that freshened during other months the average butterfat production never went above 250 pounds. The cows that freshened in April, May, June, and July were lowest in average production of butterfat and those that fresh- ened in July had the lowest average income over cost of feed. Figure 2 shows graphically the average production of butterfat per cow according to month when cows freshened. Considering butterfat production alone, October freshening ranks highest for the 64 associations, although November, December, Sep- tember, and January are not far behind. The regularity with which. 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 United States. Dept
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