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prevented from spreading to the cattle. 



Many farmers use special tonics for their cattle throughout 

 the year which should be charged to the account of medicine. 



An estimate of the veterinary expenses on 20 cows on a 

 dairy farm would be as follows : 



Veterinarian and veterinary equipment. . $12 00 



5 gal. disinfectant 3 25 



10 lbs. Epsom salts i 00 



Vaseline 40 



3 qts. of linseed oil 66 



Total for 20 cows $17 31 



Cost per cow $.87 



BEDDING. 



Bedding costs the Farm Department of New Hampshire Col- 

 lege on an average of two cents per bushel, 1-2 cent per bushel 

 for the sawdust and i 1-2 cents for hauling. The amount used 

 averages 200 bushels per cow. When shavings were used, 

 figuring one bale of shavings for 20 cows it cost the New Jersey 

 Experiment Station $5.30 per year. 



Cost of bedding per cow, 200 bushels 



sawdust at 2 cts $4 00 



ICE, COAL OR WOOD. 



Even in New Hampshire it is necessary to use ice from five 

 to seven months during the year and in some cases ice is used 

 for cooling the milk for even a longer period. According to 

 circulars sent out by milk contractors to the producers for cool- 

 ing 50 quarts of milk 50 pounds of ice per ilay is required. 

 Waste in ice house and elsewhere is 100 per cent. In other 

 words two tons of ice should be harvested for each cow. Fig- 

 uring the ice for cooling each cow's milk in the South Lynde- 

 boro Association based on actual production the cost would be 

 as follows : — 



I lb. ice will cool 155 lbs. milk i" F 

 Amount of milk j)er cow, 6463.2 ibs. 



