. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Good (laiiv type—His>h • grade Jersey, weight 725 lbs.: ayerageyearly record. 1 .S!t7-10(i2. butter :.<;<» milk 7,?. Inferior daily type—High grade Jersey, weight 750 lbs. ; recordone year, 1899, butter 62 lbs., milk 1,279 lbs. 42 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. The Score-Card for Dairy Cows, as arranged byProf. T. L. Haecker, is a deduction from observa-tions made on the University of Minnesota herd,covering twelve years work, during which timecomplete records were kept of food consumed andproducts yielded by each cow, the
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Good (laiiv type—His>h • grade Jersey, weight 725 lbs.: ayerageyearly record. 1 .S!t7-10(i2. butter :.<;<» milk 7,?. Inferior daily type—High grade Jersey, weight 750 lbs. ; recordone year, 1899, butter 62 lbs., milk 1,279 lbs. 42 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. The Score-Card for Dairy Cows, as arranged byProf. T. L. Haecker, is a deduction from observa-tions made on the University of Minnesota herd,covering twelve years work, during which timecomplete records were kept of food consumed andproducts yielded by each cow, these being com-pared with her conformation. Scale of points for dairy cows, as arranged by Haecker ofthe Minnesota Experiment Station:Temperament—30. (founts. 1. Eye, full, expressive 5 2. Face, clean, rather long, nostrils open, 3 3. Neck, light, rather long, ewe necked . . 3 4. Withers, sharp 3 5. Shoulders, light, spare 3 6. Spinal column, prominent 4 7. Croup, strong, high, sharp 4 8. Hip points, sharp, low 1 9. Pin bones, sharp, far apart I 10. Thighs, spare, incurving 3 Feeding Powers—25. 1. Body, deep through the middle 10 2. Body, broad through the middle 8 3.
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