RURAL KCOXOMICS 



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Table II brings out clearly the high amount of the individual pro- 

 duction. 



Table II. — Individual Production of Coivs. 



Age Fat produced Milk produced 



No of cow 



36 . . 



?,7 ■ ■ 



44 • • 



24 . . 



33 • • 



42 . . 



40 . . 



38 . . 



43 • • 



39 • • 

 21 . . 



41 . . 

 3? • ■ 



This production of milk furnishes in all 5 509.5 lbs of butter of an aver- 

 age price of 33.7 cents. 



With regard to the expenses for each dairy cow, they are made up as 

 follows : I 75.38 for food, $ 42.61 for labour, S 31.91 general expenses ; 

 total .S 149.90. 



Thus a net profit of .S 25.03 per dairy cow remains, including the 

 calves and the butter manufacture in the valuation. Without these two 

 last factors, the net profit per cow drops to $ 11.84 with a cost price of 

 •S 63.54 for food and an expenditure of -S 29.05 for labour ; in all, an annual 

 outlay of S 108.12 per dairy cow. 



The calculation of the receipts, made for each cow alone, i. e. independ- 

 ently of the production of young animals and of butter manufacture, 

 3'ields an individual profit of S 84.02 represented by the market value of 

 the fat in the milk (calculated as such and not in the form of butter), and a 

 total individual value of % 119.96. In this method of calculation each 

 pound of fatty substance in the milk costs 37.5 cents and fetches 41.5 cents 

 leaving a profit of 4 cents. 



The 12 tables in which the expenditure and profits of each cow are fol 

 lowed up in their variations during the various months of the year present 

 a special interest. Another table separates the production of the 7 winter 

 months from that of the 4 summer months. The M^inter period furnished 

 2505 lbs. of fat and the summer period 2902 lbs., the feeding expenses fell 

 from -S 100.58 per month during the winter to 3 62.52 per month during 

 the summer period. The costs of labour (looking after the cattle, etc.) 

 also decreased, dropping from S 40.15 during the winter period to § 36.74 

 during the summer period. 



The young cattle (10 head) have an average gross yield per head of 



