82 Agkicultubal Experiment Staiion, Ithaca, N. T. 

 Table VII — Cost of Food, Milk and Fat. 



cost of 100 pounds of milk was almost exactly 62^ cents; the highest 

 for any one cow being $1.48 for Daisy; the lowest 44 cents for Pet. 

 If we consider milk to be worth $1.00 per hundred weight at the 

 barn two of the cows produced milk at a loss, Daisy and Gem Valen- 

 tine. The average cost of butter fat was 15.8 cents; the highest 27 

 cents for Glista 2d; the lowest 11 cents for Sue. If we should con- 

 sider fat to be worth 30 cents per pound, which is a little more than 

 an equivalent of 25 cents a pound for butter, we should have no cows 

 that produced fat at a loss for food consumed. 



Of course, in making comparisons of cows in this way it is neces- 

 sary that the individual history of the cows be taken into account. 

 For instance, in our herd two cow.s, Daisy and Glista 2d, were 

 under comparatively unfavorable conditions; because of an accident 

 they had dropped their calves when about eighteen months old and 

 after having run in a back pasture where they were overlooked until 



