DAIRY MEETING. . l8l 



Ice used only 1-2 the year 



3231.6 -^ 155 = 20.85 lt)s. ice to cool 3231.6 lbs. 



of milk 1° F. 

 Necessary to cool milk from 90° to 50° or 40° 

 20.85 X 40 = 834 lbs. ice to cool 3231.6 lbs. milk 



to temperature below 50° 

 Waste in ice house in handling and during cool- 

 ing 100% or 834. 

 834 -\- 834 = 1668 lbs. ice to cool one-half of one 



cow's milk 

 Value of ice 10 cts. per 100 lbs. 



1668 X 10 $1 67 per cow 



Coal or wood for heating water for 



utensils and for cows at time of 



calving 50 per cow 



Total per cow $2 17 



PERISHABLE TOOLS, UTENSILS, SALT. 



3 pails, strainer, forks, and shovels $4 50 pr. yr. 



50 yds. strainer cloth 150 



2 scales (good for 5 yrs.) i 00 



2 brushes i 00 



2 curry combs 50 



2 cards 15 



2 bbls. salt 2 00 



$10 65 



53 pr. cow 



No two localities are exactly alike or are the conditions oh 

 any two farms exactly alike. It is impossible ever to get figures 

 on the cost of keeping a cow per year that in every particular 

 will fit the conditions of every farmer. No doubt that some 

 may find one item too low, some may find another item too high, 

 depending upon conditions and locality. The figures very nearly 

 represent the average cost of keeping a cow for milk produc- 

 tion in the section covered by the South Lyndeboro Associa- 

 tion. Every farmer must solve his own problem. By making 



