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the basis of her production of milk and butter fat, by good feed- 

 ing and good care, and by the use of a pure-bred sire of the same 

 breed as the coav, a good individual of the breed, and the son of 

 a better producer of milk and fat than any cow in the herd. 



The following table shows a year's record of 4,000 cows in the 

 cow-testing associations of New York, a record of the 78 best 

 herds, the 63 poorest herds, and the best cow in the 4,000 cows, 

 for the year 1915. These figures were taken from records of 

 entire associations as they came to hand, without reference to 

 breed or locality. 



Record of 



263 herds, 



with 4,000 



cows 



Record of 



best 72 

 herds, with 

 1,018 cows 



Record of 

 poorest 63 

 herds, with 

 1,008 cows 



Record of 



best cow 



in the 



4,000 



Pounds of milk 



Average per cow 



Pounds of fat 



Average per cow 



Value of product 



Average per cow 



Pounds hay consumed 



Average per cow 



Pounds silage 



Average per cow 



Pounds grain 



Average per cow 



Cost of roughage 



Average per cow 



Cost of grain 



Average per cow 



Total cost of feed 



Average per cow 



Labor, depreciation, and inter- 

 est cost per cow 



Total cost of production per 

 cow 



Net profit 



Average per cow 



Net loss 



Average per cow 



Cost of 100 pounds milk 



Cost of one quart milk 



Cost of one pound fat 



26,597,113 



6,649.2 



970,336 



242 5 



$389,734 04 



S97 43 



9,857,749 



2,464 



17,058,711 



4,264 



5,748,104 



1,437 



$115,237 33 



$28 80 



$85,753 68 



$21 43 



$200,991 01 



$50 24 



$35 00 



$85 24 



$48,743 03 



$12 18 



$1 282 



$0 0275 



$0 35 



7,374,309 



7,243.9 



293,023 



287.8 



$123,854 09 



$121 66 



2,229,236 



2,189 



5,258,125 



5,156 



1,756,145 



1,723 



$29,536 44 



$29 09 



$25,790 62 



$25 33 



$55,727 06 



$54 34 



$35 00 



$89 34 



$32,897 03 



$32 31 



$1 23 



$0 0265 

 $0 31 



5,196,019 



5,154 7 



193,498 



191 9 



$72,124 59 



$71 55 



2,651,092 



2,630 



3,712,057 



3,682 



1,122,683 



1,113 



$45,040 27 



$44 68 



$17,844 82 



$17 70 



$62,885 09 



$62 38 



$35 00 



$97 38 



$26,036 64 

 $25 83 



$1 88 



$0 0406 



$0 50 



25,108.9 



""749'7 



"$424 60 



" 1,546 



'" 7^600 



"5^573 



$30 11 



"$97 66 



$126 77 



$35 00 



$161 77 



$262 83 



$0 64 



$0 0138 



$0 21 



Two hundred seven cows like the best one would have given as 

 much milked and more than 80 per cent of the fat produced by the 

 poorest 63 herds of 1,008 cows. Note that one-fourth of the 4,000 



