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total aud uet cost of food, first cost and selling price of the cow, the 

 total amount received above the net cost of food and of cow, and the 

 averages for the twelve cows. The average amount received (in cash 

 and in manure) above the net cost of food and of cow was 12.33 cents 

 per day ; the average cash receipts were 3.52 cents; and the calculated 

 value of the manure (less 20 per cent), 8.81 cents per day. The largest 

 total receipts were 15.97 cents per day, and in the case of one cow, 

 •which during 331 days averaged only 7.7 quarts of milk per day, "there 

 was an actual loss of 1.2 cents per day. * * * The total value 

 received above net cost of food and of cow depends in every instance 

 in a controlling degree on the manure obtainable. In No. 8 it prevents 

 a serious loss, while in No. 4 it represents practically the entire gain ; 

 in some instances it amounts to from three fourths to two thirds, and 

 in none as low as one half of the total value secured," 



The author emphasizes the fact that, "as the value of the manure 

 depends in a controlling degree on the amount of fertdizing constitu- 

 ents contained in the food, it becomes apparent that this point ought to 

 be seriously considered when selecting suitable fodder articles for a 

 remunerative daily diet of dairy cows; * * * [^and that] the most 

 serious attention ought to be bestowed on collecting and preserving the 

 manurial refuse obtained in connection with the production of milk, for 

 it depends largely on a judicious management of that matter how much 

 of the stated manurial value will be actually secured." He further 

 states that, "judging from our own conditions, a cow whose total milk 

 record averages not more than 7 to 8 quarts per day, promises to 

 I)rove a better investment when prepared for the meat market" than 

 when kept for milk to be sold at the above-stated price of 3 cents per 

 quart. 



(4) Creamery record of the station during 1887, 1888, and 1889 (pp. 

 73-84.) — "The subsequent communication contains a discussion of our 

 creamery record, which covers, to a considerable extent, the time when 

 the above-mentioned milk record was obtained. The milk was weighed 

 at the station and the cream raised and measured by means of a Cooley 

 creamery apparatus. The value of cream is that allowed us from 

 month to month by our local creamery association. 



" Ourfinancial results are based on the local costof food alone [making 

 the same allowance for fertilizing constituents as stated above], and 

 do not consider interest on investment, and labor involved." Tabular 

 statements are made for the 3 years by months, of the total amounts 

 of the different fodder articles consumed by the station herd, the rations 

 fed daily, nutritive ratio of the same, and the total net cost of food; 

 the average composition of the milk, the value of the cream at creamery 

 prices, and the cost of the skim-milk allowing 3 cents per quart for 

 whole milk. An analysis shows the average percentages of the fertiliz- 

 ing constituents of cream. 



