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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



At Webberville the total gross cost was |122.12 per cow for the first 

 year and the last year the costs were |168.17, or an increase of 37.7%. 



TABLE X.— AN AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF FEEDS, LABOR, AND OTHER COSTS FOR 

 EACH SEASON AND THE YEARLY TOTAL FOR HOWELL AND WEBBERVILLE. 



Table X shows how the various costs were distributed for each season 

 and the year. As a whole, the per cent of feed, labor and other costs 

 are quite uniform in the two fields studied. At Howell, feeds repre- 

 sented 48.9% of the yearly cost, while at Webberville, they amounted to 

 4.0.4:% of the yearly cost. 



MILK PKODUCTION AND DISPOSAL. 



The heavier milk production in both localities was during the winter 

 months which can be attributed to the large percentage of the fall 

 freshened cows. The average production in the two fields for the winter 

 period per cow per month was 631 pounds and for the summer period, 

 444 pounds or approximately two-thirds of the flow of the winter 

 months. 



At Howell a total of 4,766 pounds of milk was produced during the 

 seven winter months, and 2,445 pounds in the five summer months, or 

 a total of 7,211 pounds of milk testing 3.35% per cow per year for the 

 three years' average. Of the total milk produced, 77.5% was sold, 

 22.2% used on the farm, and .3% was returned from the factory and 

 used on the farm for feeding purposes. 



