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Show flECORD OF A HOLSTEIN COW .Dairy Animal Wirl Make About Ten Times Getter Use of Her Food Than a Good Steer. V.y PROF. A. L. HAECKER, Nebraska Agricultural College.) 'To i illustrate the economic work of a good dairy cow In transforming forage for-age and grain into human food, I ivish to call attention to the record of . a Holstein cow owned at the Nebraska Ne-braska station. This cow produced in xtne year 18,540 pounds of milk, which contained 13 per cent, of solids., which is equivalent to 2,503 iPcoTLiis of total solids, which is largely large-ly assimilative and in the most favorable favor-able condition lor human food. S A Btfou steer at the proper age and under the best methods of feeding will Increase his weight about 750 pounds in a year. After deducting 55 or 60 per cent, of dressing, and 85 per cent. for water, we have remaining about 250 pounds of nutriment, as against '.?.T06 pounds for the cow. In other words .a good cow makes about ten ;i hires tetter use of her food than a :goorl steer. .This I have given merely to illustrate illus-trate that where economy in the use of stock food, is necessary ' the dairy icow will' prove to be a far better animal ani-mal in turning profits. |