. Productive dairying . Dairying. MILK RECORDS 135 The yield of milk varies greatly as with cows, between breeds and individuals. Dettweiler reports the yields of twehty-four for a year as follows: 9 gave 1200—1400 pounds 7 gave 1400—1000 pounds 4 gave 1600—1800 pounds 1 gave 1800—2000 pounds 3 gave 2000—over pounds. Fig. 54.—Milcli goat of the Saanan breed which produced 1845 pounds of milk in one year at the New York (Geneva) Experiment fetation. Individuals are reported which have produced as much as 2400 pounds of milk, testing about 4 per cent fat or 96 pounds butter fat in one year. This
. Productive dairying . Dairying. MILK RECORDS 135 The yield of milk varies greatly as with cows, between breeds and individuals. Dettweiler reports the yields of twehty-four for a year as follows: 9 gave 1200—1400 pounds 7 gave 1400—1000 pounds 4 gave 1600—1800 pounds 1 gave 1800—2000 pounds 3 gave 2000—over pounds. Fig. 54.—Milcli goat of the Saanan breed which produced 1845 pounds of milk in one year at the New York (Geneva) Experiment fetation. Individuals are reported which have produced as much as 2400 pounds of milk, testing about 4 per cent fat or 96 pounds butter fat in one year. This would make about 115 pounds of butter or 240 pounds of cheese. The Toggenburg doe, Geneva, reported by the California Experiment Station, was Grand Champion at the recent Panama- Pacific Exposition. She weighs on an average 127 pounds and in 312 days yielded 2158 pounds of milk containing pounds of fat and pounds total milk solids. Two others tested for a year yielded less. One half-breed, Delia, weighing only 104 pounds, produced only 1283 pounds of milk and pounds of fat in a single lactation period of 310 days; and Hedda, a pure bred Toggenburg, two years old, produced pounds of milk containing pounds of fat. The 'Sew York (Geneva) Experiment Station has tested a few milch goats for infant feeding purposes. One Saanan doe gave 1845 pounds of milk in one year on $ worth of feed,. 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 Washburn, Robert Mann, 1874-. Philadelphia ; London : J. B. Lippincott Company
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