28 Dairy Demonstration Work in New York State 



farmers of Delaware County by C. E. Kiif, of Delhi, to be fed to 

 the cows of their dairy herds: 



Grain 1900 1915 per ton 



Wheat feeds $20 00 $33 00 $13 00 



Corn meal 21 00 37 00 16 00 



Hominy meal 19 50 35 00 15 50 



Gluten meal 22 00 30 00 8 00 



Cottonseed meal 27 00 35 00 8 00 



Ground oats 27 00 40 00 13 00 



Linseed meal 30 00 40 00 10 00 



These prices show an average increase of 50 per cent in cost of 

 feed to the farmers within fifteen years. 



The labor required on a dairy farm is at least 50 per cent 

 higher than in 1900. At that time a hired man on a Delaware 

 County dairy farm received $20 and board, while during the last 

 year a man doing no more work cost the farmer $30 and board. 

 Furthermore, help is harder to find, and, as a rule, is not so 

 satisfactory. 



If the investment has increased 100 per cent in fifteen years, 

 and interest and depreciation has increased in proportion; if 

 the roughage consumed by the herd is worth 36 per cent more 

 and the grain 50 per cent more; if the labor that enters into the 

 cost of production has increased in cost as much as grain ; and if 

 the average production for each cow in the state is no greater, it 

 is evident that in order for the farmer to have the same profit in 

 the dairy business as he had fifteen years ago, he must receive a 

 higher price for the product placed on the market. While the 

 selling price of dairy products has advanced in the past fifteen 

 years, it has not kept pace with the cost of production. 



The following table gives Borden's prices for 3.9 milk at Delhi, 

 for the years beginning October 1, 1900, and October 1, 1915: 



Increase 

 on 100 



1900 1915 pounds 



April * $110 $148 $38 



May 90 123 33 



June 80 117 37 



July 90 143 53 



August 105 159 54 



September 1 25 1 68 43 



October 1 35 1 87 62 



November 1 45 1 97 52 



December 1 50 1 97 47 



January 1 50 1 87 37 



February 1 40 1 82 42 



March 130 177 47 



