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TABLE XVI.— COMPARISON OF MONTHLY MILK COSTS AND RECEIPTS, PER COW 

 AND PER HUNDRED WEIGHT AT WEBBERVILLE. 



The three bottom lines of the table ehow the comparison of milk costs and receipts for winter and 



summer seasons, and the yearly total. 



1917-18. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. . . . 

 October 



November. . . . 



December 



January 



February 



Winter 



Summer Season 

 Yearly 



$0 180 

 352 



314 



724 

 497 



458 

 389 

 186 

 161 



$0 243 



.092 



196 



Tables XY and XVI give the cost of production and the amount re- 

 ceived per cow and per liundred weight of milk for each mouth as well 

 as for the winter and summer seasons and for each year of the entire 

 period covered. There has been a steady increase in costs as well as iu 

 prices received during this period and the data given should be of great 

 interest to the reader. It shows that in the Howell territory in March, 

 1916, it cost the farmer .^2.19 to produce one hundred pounds of milk 

 for which he received |1.52G, thus making a net loss of 10.604, while in 

 February, 1919, the cost per hundred weight has risen to |3.279 and the 



