| Show ISSUED W I 1 I 1 IV U LI II 11 I 1 ON i SELECTION OF F GOOD cows utah experiment station publishes interesting pamphlet the utah agricultural experiment station is distributing a new circular on the selection of dairy cows in in which the importance of performance is strongly emphasized george Q bateman superintendent of the dairy experimental farm is the author of this publication three aged grade dairy cows are arc chosen as types upon which accurate records were nvere kept as to the amount of feed consumed the returns in milk and butterfat the feed cost per hun bull red ired weight of milk and per pound of fat and the amount returned for each dollar expended for feed these records were kept luring during a total lactation period aiom freshening date to freshening date one cow cow E 10 returned for each dollar expended in her feed another cow CON ell E ll 11 returned for each dollar expended in her feea feed and cow E 13 returned for each dollar expended in her feed the record of cow ell E ll 11 shows that she produced each pound of butterfat for cent less than cow E 10 and for 0 16 cent less than cow E 13 cow ell E ll 11 therefore is per cent more economical or efficient than cow ell E ll 11 and 17 per cent more economical than cow E 13 it would take 26 cows like cow E 10 to make a as muc much profit as cow colv ell E ll 11 made alone and they would eat 26 times as much feed as she did with seven cows like cow ell E ll 11 approximately all the feed consumed cons aimed could be produced on 20 acres of land with a profit of 1099 above fed cost to realize this profit with cows like cow CONN E 10 would require cows and 52 acres of land would be needed to produce the required feed copies of this 8 page circus circular ar no 75 aie now available for distribution list rib ution and will be sent without charge to those requesting a colv address division of publications utah experiment station logan utah |
