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Table II. — Relation of Yield to Cost and Profit for 834 Cows. 

 . Comparison of Groups of Different Productive A hility. 



The interest on the capital invested was reckoned at 5 %. The in- 

 terest on the vahie of a cow was not assessed at more than 5 dollars nor the 

 value of a calf at more than 10 dollars. The value of the manure produced 

 in one year was reckoned at 15 dollars for a cow and 10 dollars for a bull. 

 The cost of labour for milking and the care of the cow was fixed at 15 cents 

 per hour of labour. 



In Table I the most important figures relating to production, the ex- 

 penses incurred thereby and the profit yielded are condensed. Table II 

 indicates the relative profit furnished bj^ individuals possessing different 

 milk-producing powers. 



In the study of the herds separately, it was observed that 7 out of 53 

 were kept at a loss of -S 1335.71. On the basis of the net cost of mainten- 

 ance and the sums recovered, it was found that 161 cows representing 

 19 % of the total number of heads, occasioned their owners a loss of 

 $ 1799.87, or S II. 18 per cow. 



The average cost of labour for tending each cow was S 23.12 The aver- 

 age cost of conveying 100 lbs. of milk to a distance of 2.14 miles amounted 

 to 1 1. 7 cents. The profit yielded by each cow producing 10 000 lbs. of milk 

 in the year exceeded by 51 % that given b}' each cow producing only 

 6 000 lbs. 



910 - Monograph on a Small Dairy Farm in Illinois. - 



man, Vol. LL N'<'- 7, PP- -■'^- Hiid 286. Fort Atkinson, Wise. 



IJILL A. J., in HoaiiVs ihiiry- 

 March 10, 1016. 



The University of Illinois Dairy Department has published the results 

 of a monograph study of a small dairy farm in the county of Stephenson 

 which forms a tj^pical example of the well managed cultivated farm in tliis 

 region which is devoted to agriculture. The data furnished bj- a study 

 of the analytic accounts kept on the farm may l.)e sitmnied up as follows. 



