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Financial statemciit. 



With farm iWith oil 



grown , mill 



ration. 



ration. 



Value of butter from 4 cows, 28 days . 



Cost of food, 4 cows, 28 days 



Protit from 4 cows. 28 days 



Cost of food per pound of butter, cents. 



Daily protit per cow. cents 



Protit per pound of butter, cents 



29.58 



21.63 



7.93 



15.2 



.7.1 



4.8 



The butter Avas produced at a cost of 12.1 cents per 

 pouud w lien the cotton seed and hay ration was fed and 

 of 15.2 cents ]mm* day when cotton hulls and meal were 

 fed in niaxiniuni amounts. Yet the daily production 

 was so much larger on the last mentioned ration that 

 the averaiie daily profit per cow is nearly the same with 

 T)otli rations, viz. 7.5 cents with farm foods and 7.1 

 cents with oil mill products. 



Second Experiment; Purchased vs. farm-grown 



ration in 1901. 



In January and February 1901 the experiment of the 

 preceding winter was repeated, with slight modifica- 

 tions in the rations. 



The foods were mixed in the following proportions, 

 and the cows were allowed to eat as much of each mix- 

 ture as thev would. 



Farm fjroicn ration. 



9 lbs. raw cotton seed. 

 3 lbs. wheat bran. 

 10 lbs. soriihum ha v. 



Purchased ration. 



5.25 lbs. cotton seed meal. 

 3 lbs. wheat bran. 

 10 lbs. cotton seed hulls. 



Prices used in calculating the cost of butter are the 

 «ame as in the former experiment. 



The experiment extended over a similar period of time, 

 two periods of 28 days each, both preceded by a week of 



