OLD COWS FOR YIELDS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 8

OLD COWS FOR YIELDS.

;• THIRTEEN-TEAE-OLD COWS ON TOP. • . The Ayrshire Cattle Milk, Bocords Committe« ' , has recontly published a rccord carefully tuwj t • | accurately compiled of genuir.o dai^ing'herd* . I which have come .under its n/>tice. A feature .• of tho report is .the. undoul)bx! .proofs, obtained that cows over ten years old aro bettor milfatf , than thoso below that'age. Tho following. ak> stract from tho report shows this clearly:— : ■ \

! The few cows of 14, 15, and IS years wat ■ quite equal in milking powers to tho C'and T years old cows, and tho. climax, is reached b;> > one u6 doubt exceptional old coyr of 20 year) > of age, which topped all other, averages W yieKing, ,878 gallons of milk, containing tin; .: high percentage of 3.7 of butter-fat As far all' • richncss-of milk is concerned, the cows over » .10 and. up.to 1G years old kopt up their yield • • quite as well as the; younger <;ows, and in fact wlion their yields are calculated, on a basis of 3-por cent. ( of butter-fat. tb.cy still'bear the '' palm. Let no ono thoroforp. despiso the old ' r coy ,oi• imagine, that a crumpled horn is a ' sign of decadence.

.Aire. Average yioldi Cows. ■ ycaiE.- , Gallons. . ' • • 189 ■ ■' ' ' '-'3V ■ 565.8 'v. ■ . • 189 i • esta . s ' 153 '' 5 • ■. ' 7213 . ■ 159 .■■■■■ 6-',',. ■ ■ - BS7 ' ■ ' r147 7 • . ' 750' •■■■-■ l 8? 8 52£5 . ■J 58 ' 9 ' ■' ■■ 571.1 ■■ .... 4<i 10 , " ' 8M ' 2S V : gJS;6 > , . 23 12 7-iO . '■ ..> ; . 7. 13 . 869^1