. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. gain in weight. Allow for costof feed and calculate the cost per pound gain. Market prices maybe secured from the daily papers. 265c. Record of Loretta D. (see Fig. 131), the champion bestcow of any breed for economical butter-production in the dairytest at the St. Louis Exposition in a 120-day test was, average daily Animal Husbandry 193 flow of milk pounds, containing pounds of actual butter-fat (equal to pounds of standard quality butter). The cost ofher feed was twenty-five cents per day. Calculate
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. gain in weight. Allow for costof feed and calculate the cost per pound gain. Market prices maybe secured from the daily papers. 265c. Record of Loretta D. (see Fig. 131), the champion bestcow of any breed for economical butter-production in the dairytest at the St. Louis Exposition in a 120-day test was, average daily Animal Husbandry 193 flow of milk pounds, containing pounds of actual butter-fat (equal to pounds of standard quality butter). The cost ofher feed was twenty-five cents per day. Calculate the value of themilk and butter for ten months. 265(1. Record of Colantha 4ths Johanna (see Fig. 125), in ayear test completed December 24, 1907, was 27,432 pounds milk,yielding 998 pounds of butter-fat. This is the worlds record, bothfor milk and butter, for any cow of any breed. What would bethe value of her milk and butter at current prices? BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 266. What Constitutes a Breed? Breed, as applied tolive-stock, corresponds to variety in cultivated Fig. 125. A famous Holstein, Colantha 4ths JohannaRecord of Colantha 4ths Johanna. Days Time Milk Butter-fat Estimatedbutter 1 Feb. 6, 1907 . Lbs. 2, 5, 27 Per 7 Feb. 6 to 12 32 86 30 60 365 Jan. 21 to Feb. 20 ....Dec. 27 to Feb. 24,06 to Dec,07 1, 194 Elementary Principles of Agriculture The various breeds of poultry, cattle, horses, sheep, etc.,descended from a common stock. The differences whichwe recognize in the breeds are the result of continuedselections. 267. Origin of Breeds. Man long ago recognizeddifferences in the ability of individual animals to con-vert their food into milk, wool, feathers, eggs, we select animals, not so much for theirability to endure hardships, but for their power to pro-duce something in response to care. Continued selectionhas produced breeds o
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