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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



HERD SUMMARY. 



Table i shows the production of milk anr', butter fat; feed 

 cost of production; profit above feed cost; returns for Si.oo 

 worth of food consumed; and the cost of producing loo lbs. of 

 milk. 



The average per cent of fat from the milk of all the cows is 

 3.76 per cent. The average cost of feed per can (18 pounds) 

 is 20.3 cents or Si. 13 per 100 pounds. 



All of the above herds may be compared on the basis of pro- 

 duction, cost of feed, and cost of producing milk, as the results 

 for all herds are figured the same. 



Although the product from the greater number of the herds 

 was sold as milk, in a few cases it was sold as cream and com- 

 parison can not therefore be made of all of the herds on the 

 money value received for the product. 



cows COMPLETING A YEAR S WORK. 



Of the 325 cows in the Association 103 were sold during the 

 year, seven died, five were killed and the records of seven for 



