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cow in each herd, the profit over feed would be $33,777.28 more 

 than the return of the entire herds. This would more than 

 double the profit. 



If the twenty herds were composed of cows as good and as well 

 fed and cared for as the best five cows, the profits, after paying for 

 feed, would bo $48,78(5.24 more than the profits of the entire herds, 

 or an increase of $68.52 per cow; more than two and one-half 

 times the average production of the herds. 



In the associations from which these records are taken, hay is 

 charged at $10 per ton in the barn, and pasture at thirty cents per 

 Vv'ock per cow. Grain is charged at the actual price paid by the 

 owner. All herds are charged the same price for roughage and 

 pasture. 



