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It should be noticed that after a charge of $35 a cow for labor, 

 interest, and depreciation has been added to the cost of the feed. 

 Herd 1, with tifteen cows, still makes a profit of $593.28, or 

 $39.55 a cow, while Herd 2, with thirtj-nine cows, makes a loss 

 of $76.46, or $1.96 per cow; yet we find in this herd ten cows 

 with a record showing a net profit of $191.32, or $19.43 profit 

 for each cow, while one cow made a profit of $43.96. Dqducting 

 the record of the best ten from each herd, we find the poorest five 

 in Herd 1 making a profit over all expenses of $125.35, while the 

 poorest 29 in Herd 2 lost to the owner $270.78. Herd 1 con- 

 sumed 87 cents' worth more feed for each cow than did Herd 2, 

 while the best cow in Herd 2 ate $1.74 more feed than the best 

 cow in Herd 1, and made $28.93 less profit. 



One of the main objects in keeping dairy cows is to afford a 

 market for the crops grown on the farm, and for the labor of the 

 farmer and his family. In order to show the different returns 

 given by the different cows in the herd for the hay consumed 

 and the labor expended, as well as the cost of the product, we 

 have selected the records of two herds with a production of milk 

 and fat above the average in their localities. The first is a grade 

 Jersey herd owned in Delaware county, of which the following 

 record was made: 



