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Amount received for butter per cow 80 44 



Cost of feed per cow 30 83 



Making of butter at 3 cents per lb 10 14 



Fifteen per cent on money invested in cows to pay interest, in- 

 surance and to keep up herd per cow 7 5° 



The calves, skim milk and manure will pay for taking care of 

 herd, feeding and milking. 



Total expenses per cow $48 47 



Leaving net profit per cow after all expenses are paid 31 97 



DISCUSSION BY MR. GURLER. 



I want to say that from the examples given in these reports I judge 

 that there is bacteria enough in Misouri to inoculate the whole State with 

 dairying. Mr. Goodrich gives here a business Hke report. It cost him 

 $30.83 per cow to feed his herd and . from these 33 cows he made an 

 average of 331 pounds of butter per head, the cream and milk used in 

 the family amounting to 7 pounds per cow or a total average of 338 

 pounds per head. Now the net price received for the butter was 23.8 

 cents per pound, making the total amount received for each cow $80.44, 

 making a net profit, according to the above statement of $31.97 per 

 head. 



This statement is entirely fair except the last item. Mr. Goodrich 

 has been unfair to himself and to his cows. The calves, the skim milk 

 and the manure will more than pay for taking care of the cows. Twelve 

 dollars per head will pay for that labor. It has done it for me in years 

 past, that is before I was putting so much labor into my work. Now the 

 calf certainly ought to be worth $2.50 when it is dropped. The skim 

 milk should be worth $10 per head. A fair estimate for the value of 

 the manure is $1.50 per ton for five tons per year for each animal, mak- 

 ing the manure worth $7.50 per head. Considering these items, Mr. 

 Goodrich gets right up to $40 net money per head, for the 32 cows, nearly 

 $1,300. This will show that some of your farmers are doing business. 



I hope you will take this home with you and think about it and 

 realize that there is more room for improvement in dairying than in 

 any other line of business in this country. 



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