Show I BUTTER R PRODUCTION ION OF i SMALL S Ll JERSEY J CO COW 0 if r rt t Y S q t A R t 34 r V J Grace Briggs University of Missouri Columbia Mo At the University of Missouri a record record rec rec- ord of the milk and butter production of a small Jersey cow was kept for 15 years The assistants who handled bandied han ban died her her have come and gone but the Jersey cow Is still on the job In the 15 years she has produced pounds of milk and pounds of butterfat equivalent to pounds of butter Her H r best years year's record was pounds of milk and pounds of ot butter putter authenticated under the tho rules of tho the American Jersey Cattle club During the tho 15 years Grace Briggs has given birth to 12 calves Her last calf sold for and the average for the twelve 10 is 1 about About 2400 was obtained from the sale of all the tho calves Figuring Figur Figur- ing lag the entire milk production for far 15 years at eight cents a quart qu rt the tho total would be bo The approximate approximate ap up proximate cost of keeping her was waa 50 a year or a total of The average daily production of ot milk for the tho 15 16 years was a n. little littlemore littlemore little littlemore more than nine quarts a day During her best year she produced a little littlemore littlemore more mure than 18 quarts a a. day If It the butter was s sold ld Instead of the milk at the price of 35 cents a pound the total for tor the butter production production pro proS from Grace Brigga would be ba |