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Show TWENTY-TWO MILLION COWS That Number of Animals In U. S. Produced Pro-duced $800,000,000 Worth of Dairy Products In Year. There are twenty-two million cows in this country, and the department of agriculture estimates the wealth produced pro-duced by them in one year to be $800,-000,000, $800,-000,000, or an average profit of $36.36 per cow per annum. Compared with this average per cow, the accompanying accompany-ing illustration, showing what one champion cow produces each year, is interesting.- This cow is "Sophie," a 7 TONA Champion Jersey Cow. champion Jersey owned at Lowell, Mass. Her record for twelve months is 14,373 pounds three ounces of milk, equaling 1,005 pounds eleven ounces of butter. |