The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-13

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cost Of feed and value of milk. A
number Of years ago the New York
state dairy commissioner estimated
from a large mass of data which came
to his Office that the average yield
from New York cows was not above
5000 pounds. The United States cen
sus figures show that North Carolina
cows produced 2136.5 pounds of milk
each in 1879 and New York COWS 1886
pounds. Later statistics gathered in
New York show a gain for New York
cows:
The first years record here showed
that of seven cows kept and MIXED
long enough to publish their records
four yielded above 5000 and one of
these about 1000 pounds of milk dur
ing that year, 1891.
In 1892 1900 for a grade and 1000
for a pure but unregistered Jersey
were the highest yields and neither of
these was in the list above 5000
pounds in 1891. Late in this year a
heifer began to yield milk which has
developed into the deepest mixer of
the herd.
In 1893 there were eight COWS yield
ing above 1900 pounds, and only one
OF these to reach that limit in previous
years was Of the list and she barely
in it. Of the other seven n yielded
nearly and two above 1000 pounds, one
5,213 pounds and another, No. 5, the
second highest yielding COW, reach g.
GOT pounds.
In this years record nine cow out
Of eleven yielded above 1900 pounds
and n of these other two was a
heifer which was in milk only two
months, but yielded 1.166 pounds in
that time. Five records were close to
1000 pounds, one 4,506, one 5,186 and
one as high as 6,175.2. The ten cows
averaged 4,102.5 pounds, and their but
ter yield averaged 246.7 pounds.
In 1895 the heifer Spot and COW Nc.
5 were the only ones of fourteen on
record to approximate 1000 pounds Of
milk. The third highest was cow No.
Z with 3,741 pounds of milk. These
three at IS per cent butter fat yielded
1888, 1896 and 203.4 pounds of but
ter; or, at Worlds Fair rate of 80 per
cent fat, the yields were 1887, 1896
and 216.1 pounds, while the Jersey,
Dora Mckee, with a yield of 32O4.4
pounds Of milk, was credited with
1883 or 254.2 pounds of butter.
1t would seem from this that this
herd was entitled to place an easy
standard at 5000 pounds of milk and
300 pounds of butter per cow per year.
If ten months are allowed as the
proper length of lactation in every
year then each cow to reach the stand
ard must average twenty pounds of
milk and one pound of butter daily
for this time, 800 days. The yield
should be double these amounts at
their highest point and be held for
longer or shorter time accordingly.
During the year 1897 the more val
liable COW of this herd were con-
demned because of spread of tubercu-
losis which was also found in many
of the heifers from these cows. In
1897 and 1898 the following records
were made.
The highest yields per day previous
to 1890 was 36.3 pounds, by Daisy E.
and 35.9 by Spot.
The highest yield per day has now
been 38.454 pounds, by May, Short
horn.
The highest yields per month have
been by Daisy E, 10O06 pounds, and
May, 1,026.4 pounds. The COW that
yields two gallons of milk per day for
ten months will exceed $500 pounds,
and she should yield nearly four gal
Ions per day when fresh. The highest
yearly records were made in 1896. as
follows:
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