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328 THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY [ III, IV.
Milk Yield.
Before giving these it is necessary to state the average number of completed
lactations per cow in each generation.
Generation |
Including |
Herd minus |
F. 1 .......... |
36 |
4.0 |
F. 2 .......... |
3.5 |
3.9 |
F. 3 .......... |
2.4 |
2.5 |
It is therefore seen that F.1 and F.2 have reached their best, whereas F.3 have not.
The following statement includes all cows born in the experiment and shows
the yields of the specially selected country dams.
Class |
Average |
Average |
Average |
Average |
lb. |
lb. |
lb. |
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15 Scindi cows..... |
3,431 |
120 |
186 |
4,505 |
27 F. 1 cows...... |
5,021 |
14.8 |
113 |
6,268 |
23 F. 2 cows...... |
3,296 |
12.3 |
151 |
4,247 |
11 F. 3 cows...... |
3,626 |
12.4 |
148 |
4,516 |
It must be noted that the Sindhi cows were specially selected for their milk
yields from a large herd, therefore selection in the progeny should be continued ;
poor and abnormal milkers, also long dry periods are omitted in order to arrive
at a proper comparison and this is seen from the following:—
Class |
Average |
Average |
Average |
Average |
Average No. |
lb. |
lb. |
lb. |
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15 Scindi cows . . . |
3,431 |
12.0 |
186 |
4,505 |
286 |
23 F. 1 cows... |
5,122 |
16.1 |
83 |
6,231 |
318 |
19 F. 2 cows... |
4,068 |
14.0 |
97 |
4,919 |
290 |
9 F. 3 cows... |
4,151 |
13.3 |
94 |
4,550 |
304 |
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