DAIRY AND SEE;d IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS. 



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NEWAYGO COUNTY DAIRY TESTING ASSOCIATION, 



MICHIGAN. 



YEARLY AVERAGES PER COW. 



Summary of the 8 herds zvhich have been in the association 

 CONTINUOUSLY since its organization. 



The averages of tlhese eight herds show the same character- 

 istics that were shown in the charts of the inddvi'dual herds ; the 

 pounds of milk running from 5,752 to 6,362 and the pounds 

 of butter fat from 226.8 to 272.1, an increase of nearly 50 

 pounds. The percentage of fat in the milk has been increased a 

 little. I have not spoken before of the price of the fat. That 

 also has increased. You see, the price that the farmers received 

 has gone from 23 cents to 31 cents a pound. That, of course, 

 would make the value of the fat higher, but at the same time, 

 you are all aware of the fact that the cost of feed has gone up 

 since 1906. You notice the farmers have had to pay more for 

 their feed. The roughage is charged at a higher rate. It ha^ 

 gone from $21.48 to $25.96. The cost of grain has gone from 

 $9.93 to $16.17, partly because of the increased price and partly 

 because of more liberal feeding. The total cost of feed has 

 gone in the four years from $31.41 to $42.13. There is one 

 thing, the profit, in which you ought to be interested, and it has 

 gone in the same years from $21.47 to $42.54. There are a 

 number of ways of figuring the average increase. We may 

 subtract the first year's record from the last and divide the 

 result by 3 and get an average which shows that there has 

 been an increase of $7.02 per cow per year since the association 



