. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. Dairy Herd Records. 307 best herds in the Territory, and yet two cows failed to pay the re- quisite thirty-two dollars. COMPARISON OF METHODS. Certain writers on dairy subjects have suggested various short cut methods of keeping so-called dairy herd records. It has been stated, for example, that an average of the samples taken at the end of six weeks and of six months after calving would be fairly representative of the milk for the whole year, and that a. Cow No 3. Record: 8726 Pounds of Milk. 319 Pounds of Butter Fat. sample taken toward the en
. Bulletin. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Arizona. Dairy Herd Records. 307 best herds in the Territory, and yet two cows failed to pay the re- quisite thirty-two dollars. COMPARISON OF METHODS. Certain writers on dairy subjects have suggested various short cut methods of keeping so-called dairy herd records. It has been stated, for example, that an average of the samples taken at the end of six weeks and of six months after calving would be fairly representative of the milk for the whole year, and that a. Cow No 3. Record: 8726 Pounds of Milk. 319 Pounds of Butter Fat. sample taken toward the end of the fourth month would be the same. In cases where the comparison could be made, the writer has compared the average per cent of fat for the year with that of the two week period about the end of the fourth month, as sug- gested, and he found that in several cases the difference was as high as one half of one per cent, and in one case eight-tenths of one per cent, making a calculated difference in the year's re- turn of a cow of from thirty to fifty pounds of fat. The writer. 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 University of Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station. Tucson : Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona
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