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lowed to substitute any animals that they wished. In the 

 cheese contest the cheese was valued as follows: That scor- 

 ing 95 to 100, at 16c; 90 to 95, at 14c; 85 to 90, at 12c; 80 to 

 85, at lOc. The cost of food for producing- one pound of cheese 

 was, for Guernseys, $6.74; for Jerseys, $6.76, and for Short- 

 horns, $9.22. The figures of total production and cost were 

 as follows: 



Pounds milk Pounds cheese 

 Breed given made 



Guernsey 10,938.6 1,130.62 



Jersey 13,296.4 1,451.76 



Shorthorn 12,186.7 1,077.60 



Cost of 

 food 



$76.25 

 98.14 

 99.36 



The prices of foodstuffs per ton were : Cornmeal, $22 ; 

 corn hearts, $13.50; oats, $23; cottonseed, $26; bran, $12.50; 

 middlings, $13; grano gluten, $14.75; oil meal, $22; hay, 

 $11.50; and ensilage, $5. It is very difficult to compute com- 

 parative profits for these cows because prices of food and 

 products have so changed. 



In the following table the results of the 90-day butter 

 test are given in a nutshell : 



Food. 



Jerseys 



Guernseys 



The food cost per pound of fat was: Jerseys, $.1666; 

 Guernseys, $.174; Shorthorns, $.209. 



In the 30-day test of 25 cows, each breed produced as fol- 

 lows: 



Pounds Pounds Cost Cost of fat 



B ree( j milk fat of food per pound 



Jersey 13,921.9 685.81 $111.23 $0.162 



Guernsey 13,518.3 



Shorthorn 15,618.3 



597.86 

 555.71 



92.76 

 104.55 



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