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have been calculated by substracting thirty-two dollars, the esti- 

 mated cost of pasture and milking, from the gross receipts. The 

 skim milk should pay for hauling the milk to the factory, at least. 

 No attempt has been made to determine the value of the calf for 

 each cow. The bull calves and the heifer calves from the least 

 valuable cows, would about pay the interest on the money in- 

 vested in their dams, while the heifers from the best cows might 

 be worth more. 



In order to compare this herd with others intelligently, it 

 may be stated that the average gross receipts per cow per month 

 was $4.25. The average per cow for the Jersey herd tested was 

 $4.66. There were one or two other herds supplying milk 

 to the same creamery probably averaging higher than $4.25, and 



