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369 pounds butter, at 28 cents per pound 



5,773 pounds skim milk, at 25 cents per hundredweight. 

 Total return per cow 



$103 82 

 14 43 



$117 75 



CREAMERY VALUE. 



At the butter fat prices paid by the Dairy Department of the 

 University for cream bought from patrons in different parts of 

 the State this would amount to: 



316 pounds butter fat, at 26 cents per pound 



5,778 pounds skim milk, at 25 cents per liuiuiredweight. 

 Total return per cow ' 



$82 16 

 14 43 



$96 59 



From a few of the leading dairymen of the State Professor 

 Eckles gives me these data: 



S. H. Pile, Glasgow, Missouri, reports a gross income of 

 $120.00 per cow for 17 head. 



E. & E. J. Hosmer, Marshfield, Missouri, have 71 cows, which 

 averaged over 340 pounds of butter, selling at 23 cents per pound, 

 or $78.20 per head for butter alone. 



Squire Innis, Nevada, Missouri, sold products to the value of 

 $119.50 per head for 22 head. 



E. B. Cooper, Trenton, Missouri, reports a return of $2,050.00 

 from 25 cows. 



S. W. Coleman, Sedalia, milks seven cows that average 400 

 pounds of butter each. This is sold at 25 cents, and the skim milk 

 is fed to calves and pigs. He sold $850.00 worth of hogs and 

 $700.00 worth of butter in a year. All from 10 acres of land. 



H. C. Goodrich, Calhoun, Missouri, sold 331 pounds of but- 

 ter per cow for 32 head, at 23.8 cents per pound. 



Geo. Koontz, Carthage, Missouri, realized $3,161.00 from 31 

 head of cows for butter at 25 cents and 30 cents per pound, or an 

 income of about $102.00 per head for butter alone. 



DAIRYING THRIVES IN HARD TIMES ; THE BEEF BUSINESS IN PROSPER- 

 OUS TIMES. 



Another way to illustrate the superiority of the dairy cow, or 

 to emphasize the profits of the dairy business, is to consider the 

 fact that when prices are low and times are hard, men leave 

 other specialties in farming and engage in the dairy business. 

 Upon the return, however, of good times, with high prices and 



