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keeping of bulls. In fact it is the only method which will 

 assure a rapid improvement of the dairy cows in New Hamp- 

 shire. 



The cost of keeping a bull valued at Sioo would be as fol- 

 lows : — 



Value of Bull $ioo 



Interest on $ioo, 5 per cent $5 00 



Taxes, valuation $50 at 1.59 per cent 80 



Value after 4 yrs. service $60 



Depreciation on bull per yr 10 00 



Feed 60 00 



Cost of keeping a bull for 20 cows $75 80 



Cost per cow 3 79 



TAXES AND INTEREST ON COWS. 



Value per cow $75 



Appraised value $50 



Taxes on $50 at 1.59 per cent.... $ 80 



Interest on $75 at 5 per cent 3 75 



Taxes and Interest per cow $4 55 



VETERINARIAN AND MEDICINE. 



There are veterinary expenses on every herd of cattle kept, 

 either as direct service of a veterinarian or for medicine or 

 equipment for home treatment. These expenses will increase 

 with the value of the cows kept. It hardly pays to spend a 

 great deal of money on a cow worth about $40 often kept at 

 a direct loss to the owner of from $10 to $25 yearly. It gen- 

 erally pays, however, to secure the services of a veterinarian 

 when cows valued from $100 to $500 are sick. Although in 

 many cases the veterinarian can be of little assistance, he is 

 called because the farmer is then satisfied of having done all 

 it is possible for him to do. Every dairy barn ought to be 

 thoroughly disinfected once a year whether there is even the 

 slightest suspicion of disease or not. By so doing many disease 

 bacteria may be destroyed and dangerous infectious diseases 



