DAIRY MEETING. IO9 



Hampshire Experiment Station found the average production 

 to be 5062 pounds per cow, while the average of the above 

 mentioned herds was 6463.2 pounds. (2) Because the farmers 

 during the year had the opportunity of monthly receiving expert 

 advice on the feeding and other factors entering into economic 

 production of milk. Also the discussions at the monthly meet- 

 ings showed that the majority of the farmers fed liberally and 

 studied the whole proposition of economic production. (3) 

 The fact that 103 cows were sold before the end of the year, 

 most of them because they were found unprofitable, tends to 

 show a higher production and a higher profit per cow, than if 

 they had been kept for the whole year. 



VALUATION OF EEED AND PRODUCT. 



Grain is charged at the actual price paid. The price for cot- 

 tonseed meal ranged from $32 to $36; bran $27 to $30; gluten 

 $27 to $35 ; corn meal '^22 to $33 ; mixed feed $30 to $33 ; and 

 Ajax $31.60 to $35; dried beet pulp $27 to $28 per ton. 



Hay raised on the farm is charged at the price the farmer 

 could obtain in his barn. The price per ton is as follows : Timo- 

 thy hay, $15 to $20: mixed hay, .$15 to $18; meadow hay, $8 to 

 $12. Corn silage is charged at $3.00 and green millet and green 

 fodder at $2.50 per ton. 



The price charged for hay was determined by the owner and 

 the tester, taking into consideration the market price and quality 

 of the hay. 



Silage and green feeds are not quoted on the market and are, 

 therefore, the most difficult product upon which to place a 

 price. Possibly a fair method of determining the value of silage 

 when considering the cost of milk production on a particular 

 farm, would be to figure the land rent upon which the silage is 

 grown and all the actual expense of raising the corn and placing 

 it in the silo. In this case it was agreed upon and seemed the 

 best to place the price at $3.00 per ton. 



The pasture was charged at from $.25 to $1.00 per month. 

 Anyone acquainted with New Hampshire conditions and the dry 

 summers can easily understand this wide variation. In figuring 

 money value of product the actual market price for milk the 

 farmer obtained was used. 



