EXPEEIMENT STATION BULLETINS 



199 



Date. Dr. 



June 30 To care and milking $40 12 



115 5-7 weeks' pasture, 25c 28 93 



182 lbs. cotton seed meal 176 



July 3 To 4.5,780 lbs. hay at $6.00 137 34 



13 2,000 lb.s. hay at $4.0U 4 00 



31 119 3-7 weeks' pasture, 25c 29 86 



2,400 lbs. corn meal, $17.00 20 40 



281 lbs. cotton seed meal-- 2 72 



care and milking.,. -- 26 25 



Aug. 31 To care and milking 27 93 



119 4-7 weeks' pasture, 25c 29 89 



2,375 lbs. corn meal, $16.00 19 00 



2,637 lbs. bran, $12.00 15 82 



1431bs. salt.- 143 



Sept.30 To care and milking 43 90 



HI 3-7 weeks' pasture, 25c 27 86 



8,039 lbs. bran, !fl2.00 48 23 



1,410 lbs. corn meal, $16.00 11 28 



service of buU 25 00 



Oct. 1 To making 1335.36 lbs. butter 40 06 



Net profit 277 58 



$3,310 96 



Date. Cr. 



June 30 By 135 gals, cream at 60c $81 00 



418.8 lbs. butter at 16c 67 01 



July 31 By 245.93 gals, cream at 60c 147 56 



Aug. 31 Bv 103 gals, cream at 60c 61 80 



220.25 lb.s. butter at 21c .v- 46 25 



Sept.30 By 75 gals, cream at 60o.- 45 00 



171.41 lbs. butter at 22c 37 71 



2,320 lbs. beef at $3.10 71 92 



43,466 lbs. skim milk at 15c 65 20 



Oct. 1 By inventory as follows : 



25 cows 960 00 



21tonshav, $6.00 126 00 



4 tons bran.-- 48 00 



6 calves. 2,053.5 lbs. 4c 82 14 



1 calf 15 00 



$3,310 96 



This account may be summarized as toilows: 



THE GRADE HERD. Dr. 



To 29 cows, average cost delivered at the college, $39.51- - $1,145 69 



care and milking the same - - , 520 51 



making and selling 2,302.5 lbs. butter at 3c 69 08 



salt 6 43 



green clover -- - --. 96 



105,807 lbs. .silage - 119 74 



94,310 lbs. hav - - - 266 54 



42,427 lbs. bran - - - 270 87 



31,068 lbs. corn meal --- - 236 98 



57,7(i51bs. beets 72 10 



21,279 lbs. corn stalks -_- 25 19 



4,40(4 lbs. linseed meal 40 31 



2,550 lbs. cotton seed meal - -- 34 23 



574 1-7 weeks' pasture - -- - 143 .54 



pigs -.. 851 00 



3,410 lbs. middlings 21 89 



72 89 



service of bull .> 25 00 



;,050 05 



Cr. 



By calves sold, 2.272 lbs $100 22 



pigs sold, 3,665 lbs , 126 59 



butter, 2.302.5 lbs •.... '. 466 09 



cream. 70.3.69 gallons 428 .56 



milk, 7.5,414.1 lbs 789 89 



skim milk, 43,466 lbs 65 20 



3 cows sold during the year, 3,460 lbs 103 27 



excess of receipts over expenses in September 1897 16 68 



inventory. 1,231 14 



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$3,327 64 



These accounts show the total receipts, exclusive of the inventory, of pi'operty 

 on hand at the close of the year, to be $2,079.82, of which $1,684.54 came from the 

 sale of milk and its products. The total expenditures, including the cost of the 

 cows, was $3,050.06. Excluding the cost of the cows and of the hay and bran on 

 hand at the close of the year, the net expenses of the herd amounted to $1,730.37. 

 Taking out the cost of the pigs and the middlings which they ate, we have $1,657.48 

 as the cost of keeping, feeding and milking, or $57.15 per cow, on the basis of the 



