36 Dairy Demok-stration "Work in New York State 



Poorest 

 4 cows in 

 Herdl 



Pounds milk 35,910.9 



Average per cow 8 , 977 . 7 



Pounds fat 1,160.8 



Average per cow 290 . 2 



Value of product S559 02 



Average per cow 139 75 



Cost of feed 292.46 



Average per cow 73 . 11 



Profit over feed 266 56 



Average per cow 66 64 



Labor, depreciation, and interest 140 00 



Average per cow 35 00 



Total cost of production 432 . 46 



Average per cow 108. 11 



Total profit 126. 56 



Average per cow 31 . 64 



Total loss 



Average per cow 



Cost of 100 pounds milk 1 .20 



Cost of one quart milk 025 



Return for one hour's labor 45 



It will be seen that there is a good profit on the four cows left 

 in Herd 1 and a loss on the eighteen left in Herd 2. Herd 1 is 

 an example of what can be done by a member of a dairy improve- 

 ment association through a careful selection of the individual on 



Fig. 545.— CEEAiiELLE Topsy Obmsby Tobe, 204114, Owned by 

 Me. Feed J. Boyson, Rome, X. Y. 



The record made by this cow during: tlie past year is shown in the 

 last column of the table on page 2195. 



