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It should be noticed that this herd is profitable, giving an aver- 

 age surplus of $10.91 over all expenses, including labor, deprecia- 

 tion, and interest charge as shown in the preceding table ; yet five 

 of the cows were unprofitable, losing $36.43 for the owner, and 

 returning a small price for each ton of hay they consumed and a 

 low price for the labor spent in caring for them. 



The following table shows the result of removing the five 

 unprofitable cows from the above herd, giving the average per cow : 



Entire herd . . . 

 Best 12 cows . . 

 Poorest 5 cows 



a 

 o 



5,134.5 

 5 , 437 . 9 

 4,407.9 



•73 



O 



Ph 



245.9 

 267 . 5 

 193.9 



o 



_3 



o 

 O 



$94 36 $48 45 



103 34 

 72 83 



49 87 

 45 05 



09 



c « 

 n ° 





$15 05 

 27 32 

 10 00 



* Loss. 



The second is a. grade Holstein herd of twenty cows, the record 

 of which may be seen in the following table: 



No. Cow 



1 5,802.1 



3 5,957 4 



4 5,007.8 



5 6,040.4 



8 1 6,269.7 



a 



3 



o 



PL, 



11. 



12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 



Average. . 



5,328.7 

 4,592.6 

 3,805.5 

 6,261.0 

 6,467.8 

 9,842.6 

 5,967.7 

 5,051.2 

 5,610.9 

 8,087.1 

 7,479.8 

 8,837.9 

 6 , 802 5 

 7 , 209 . fi 

 4,503.8 



-T3 



a 



3 



o 



PL, 



227 



220 



158 



281 



220 



212 



181 



161 



292 



224 



341 



221 



178 



205 



340 



294 



297. 



.309. 



230. 



154. 



6,246.3 2.37.7 



3 



-a 

 o 





$78 



86 



67 



89 



92 



70 



62 



50 



107 



90 



143 



83 



66 



78 



132 



115 



140 



102 



102 



59 



91 04 



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o 

 O 



$62 

 65 

 62 

 65 

 60 

 62 

 62 

 60 

 70 

 64 

 65 

 66 

 62 

 66 

 71 

 69 

 71 

 67 

 64 

 60 



3.y 

 O 



O 



a; m 

 3 



PL, 



56 $97 56 

 48; 100 48 

 56,! 97 56 

 100 48 

 95 65 

 97 56 

 97 56 

 95 38 



105 43i 

 99 90 



100 39| 



101 04' 

 97 56 



101 04 



106 90 

 104 63 

 106 90 



102 15 

 99 69 

 95 38 



05 16 



$1 73 

 42 79 



25 52 



10 72 



33 29 



66 



2 77 



100 16 



o 



$19 41 



13 62 



29 78 



11 



3 



15 

 19 



26 62 

 35 01 

 44 41 



9 41 



17 95 

 31 01 

 22 59 



35 63 



9 12 



a 



3 



o 

 n 



o 

 o 



o 

 O 



$1 68 



03 

 3 

 C 



a 

 o 



o 

 O 



1 54 



1 60 



.0361 

 .0363 

 .0418 

 .0357 

 .0328 

 .0393 

 .0456 

 .0538 

 .0.362 

 .0332 

 .0219 

 .0364 

 .0415 

 .0387 

 .0284 

 .0300 

 .0260 

 .0322 

 .0297 

 .0455 



.0328 



o 

 O't. 



£^ 

 a 



tf 



$0 02 



07 



*06 



09 



16 



*04 



*11 



*19 



20 



10 



55 



03 



*08 



*005 



41 



28 



47 



19 



21 



*11 



' o 

 .. u 



J3 



Pi 



$5 64 



7 22 

 2 12 



8 16 

 34 

 18 

 34 



*2 84 

 13 46 



9 00 

 31 54 



6 14 



11 

 3 



71 



42 



23 36 

 17 20 

 26 59 



12 76 



13 34 

 14 



11 9 06 



* Loss. 



Note.-;- The return for one hour of labor may be found by subtracting the total cost of feed, 

 depreciation, and interest from the value of product and dividing the difference by 117, the total 

 number of hours spent in caring for the average cow during the year. 



The return for each ton of hay consumed may be found by subtracting the total cost of grain, 

 labor, depreciation, and interest from the valuation of product, and dividing the difference by the 

 quantity of hay consumed by the cow during the year. 



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