The Bulletin 



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TABLE NO. 17 



Cows Producing Less Than 200 Poun t d« Butter Fat Yearly 



Average cost per pound of butter fat. 

 Average profit per cow.. 



.8 0.25 

 . 19.85 



LARGE PRODUCERS MOST ECONOMICAL. 



The question is frequently discussed as to the influence of large and 

 small yielding cows upon the cost of production. The point is often 

 made that, with large yields the increase in the cost of food overbalances 

 the profit. In order to answer the question of economcial yield be- 

 tween cows of large and small productive capacity Tables 15 and 16 

 have been prepared. In the former the data for cows producing 350 

 or more pounds of fat are given. Out of the 144 cows reported in this 

 bulletin there are 10 such cows. Their average yield is 374.05 pounds 

 of butter-fat. Valuing butter-fat at thirty cents a pound and skim 

 milk at forty cents per hundredweight, the average total value of the 

 products per cow was $138.43. The average annual cost of food per 

 cow was $69.73. The average expense to make each pound of butter-fat 

 was $0.17. The average annual profit per cow was $69.71. 



In Table number 16 are shown the records of the cows producing 

 less than 200 pounds of butter-fat. There were 25 such cows remaining 



