20 



It should be remembered that the different classes of 

 animals were not kept separate and fed in different lots; 

 they all ran together, so the above statement is only a, 

 close approximation of the cost of raising the animals to 

 the various ages. In the above statement it has been 

 assumed that all animals which were over twelve months 

 of age ate the same amount of feed and pasture; it was 

 further assumed that the animal under twelve months of 

 age used only one-half as much pasture as the animal which 

 was over one year old. The last assumption is in keeping 



A good cow of the herd. She dropped a calf every year. 



with actual farm charges for pasture. It should be remem- 

 bered that the cost to winter an animal was secured by 

 dividing the total number of animals over one vear old 

 into the total cost of feed consumed during the winter 

 months. 



When placing the value upon the feeds, as shown on 

 page 2, it cost |12.10 to raise a twelve months old calf, 

 119.80 if he was kept until he was twenty-four months of 

 fige, 124.70 to raise him to two and one-half years old, and 



