. Dairy fortunes. Dairying. DAIRY FORTUNES. 27 home and permits her and the calf to get into the high- way, she will most likely go back where the calf was born. Monthly Yield of Milk.—Frequently you hear of cows that make 15, 20 and 35 pounds of butter in a week —nothing is said of how many weeks. I know of a cow that will average 17 to 18 pounds a week for five weeks, and will not make more than 250 a year, A large yield at any time shows capacity, but not continuity. Many cows will begin the year with four or five gallons of milk a day, and two months afterward will be down to one to two ga
. Dairy fortunes. Dairying. DAIRY FORTUNES. 27 home and permits her and the calf to get into the high- way, she will most likely go back where the calf was born. Monthly Yield of Milk.—Frequently you hear of cows that make 15, 20 and 35 pounds of butter in a week —nothing is said of how many weeks. I know of a cow that will average 17 to 18 pounds a week for five weeks, and will not make more than 250 a year, A large yield at any time shows capacity, but not continuity. Many cows will begin the year with four or five gallons of milk a day, and two months afterward will be down to one to two gallons a day and dry in four months. That kind of a cow is worthless as a dairy cow. Some cows begin away up and gradually dwindle to nothing within about eight months—the descent is something like Fig. i :. Fig. I, '''-n-J Another cow will begin fairly well and hang on a long time—fluctuating a little and descending gradually after she has been milking seven to eight months. See Fig. 2 :. 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 Larkin, Landy. Cincinnati, O. , Specialty publishing co
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