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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

 TABLE II. 



The above table shows that the value of butter produced by a single 

 cow ranges from $9.66 to $86.64, the average being $59.64. The value 

 of skim milk ranges from $1.93 to $12.98 with an average of $10.01. 

 The average total value of products is $69.65. Of this sum $33.07 was 

 paid out as the average cost of maintaining a cow for the year, leaving 

 a profit of $36.58 for each animal. 



That the prices allowed for butter and skim milk are not too high 

 is shown by the fact that the milk produced by the herd would have 

 given an equal profit on tbe basis of condenser}' prices. 



The highest return per cow per dollar invested in food was $2.65 

 while the herd average was $2.11. 



The food cost for 100 lbs. of milk was 52c, and for a pound of but- 

 ter lie. 



The average food cost for every pound of butter-fat, while not given 

 in the table, was 12.83c. 



In proof of the fact that the herd has produced both milk and butter 

 economically the reader is referred to Henry's Feeds and Feeding, section 

 689, where he gives the averages of herds reported by Wing of Cornell 

 Station, Haecker of Minnesota Station, Soule of Missouri Station, and 

 Linfield of Utah Station. The average cost of 100 pounds of milk at the 

 four stations for the year was 55c and the cost of one pound of fat was 

 13.3c, while the average cost of 100 pounds of milk as shown by the 

 table above has been 52c and the cost of one pound of fat 12.83c, al- 

 though the schedules of prices of feeds reported in the four tests are 

 considerably lower than those adopted here. 



A STUDY OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. 



Upon examination of the records of the several cows one is able to 

 to arrange them into four somewhat general groups or classes. 



