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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



TABLE v.— INVENTORY SHOWING THE INVESTMENT IN DAIRY CATTLE, BUILDINGS 

 AND EQUIPMENT ON TWENTY-FIVE DAIRY FARMS FOR THE YEARS 1914 AND 

 1915. — Concluded. 



In reviewing Table V it will be noted that the average value of the 

 cows for the first year was |82.30 per head, and for the second year 

 179.12 per head. There is considerable variation in the barn investments. 

 The range of such investment is from |41.14 on Farm No. 5 for the first 

 year to $240.92 on Farm No. 17 for the second year. The average of the 

 housing investment is |87.24 for 1914 and |103.28 for 1915. The invest- 

 ment in housing varied with the size of the herd. For herds of twelve 

 cows or less, it averaged |175.58 per cow; for herds from thirteen to 

 twenty cows, it averaged |94.49 ; while for those herds above twenty cows, 

 the average was |72.61. 



The investment in pails, cans, strainers, coolers, etc., averaged less 

 than 12.00 per cow. 



If one expresses these three classes of investment in terms of per cent 

 it would be proximately as follows : 



Investment in Cattle 45% 



Investment in Buildings 54% 



Investment in Equipment 1% 



