Owned and bred by W. D. Hoard, Fort Atkinson, Wis. Calved when
two years old. She produced that year 425 pounds of butter-fat. Periodical
weighing of milk every seventh week and testing showed that she had pro-
duced 6649 pounds of milk containing 314 pounds of fat in eight months
ending Sept. 14, 1905. She calved again Jan. 15, 1905. The above records
were made under ordinary feeding and management such as the whole herd
received.
VARIATION OF FAT IN MILK. 67


TaBLE BY GURLER, SHOWING ReEcoRDs oF INDIVIDUAL Cows.
od ag - £ 5, ad é
© | 38 le | de | Fe] se]Selez] ¢ if
a 2 = a6 o|s “|
eo | 2 |28| 28 | 22 | ge /g2| s8/ 24 | Bb | ES
Avy. of
50 cows | 5708 |4.47/255.2 |297.7 |59.54/5453)14.00} 73.57/41.06)+19.98
244 2382. 5|4.87]116.13]135.48)27 .09/2266] 5.66] 32.75/31.23)/—11.00
154 3619 |4.51/163.4 |190.63/38.12/3494| 8.64) 46.76141.06]— 6.80
44 3399 |4.58]/155.94)]181 .93/36. 86/3243] 8.10) 44.48]37.32)— 5.34
72 2661 = |5.06/134.97|157 .46]31 .49)2526) 6.31) 37.80/26.45|/— 1.15
308 4617 |3.83]177 . 16/206. 68/41 . 43}4440/11 .03} 52.36/39.321+ 0.44
184 7997 |4.77|382 .04/445.71)89.14)7615]19.14)108 . 28/44 .32/+51.46
262 9297 |5.03/372. 56/434. 65]86 . 93'8900}22 .00|)109 .02/44 .72}+ 51.80
283 10151 |3.68/374. 76/436. 75/87 .35|9777|24 .44/111.79)44.72)+54.57
129 8449 |4.52/406. 73/472. 18]94. 43/8545/21 .36/115.80/46.06]+ 57.24
Av. of 4
best 9098 |4.25/384.00/447 .32/89 .46]8709]21 . 76/111 . 22/44 .95) 4.53.77
Av. of 4
poorest | 3020 |4.75]142.60]160 . 40/33 . 28/2881] 7.20 sic gains — 5.98
Av of 9
cows 5897 |4.43/253.5 |295.7 |59.1415644)14.11 Bae +21 .25


In making the calculations in the above table the price of
butter per pound was taken as 20 cents, the skimmed milk
was considered to be worth 25 cents per hundred pounds, and
the cost of iabor was taken at $12.50 per cow.
