99 



Average yield per cow per annum about 620 gallons 



s. d. 

 Cost per gallon ... ... ... 2 9 



Deduct manurial value ... ... 2i 



Net cost per gallon 



2 6i 



NOTE. During October to January about 45 Ibs. swedes 

 per head per day. February to April, about 60 Ibs. mangels, 

 4 Ibs. hay per day during October, 12 Ibs. during November 

 to April, 10 Ibs. chaffed straw from November to April. 

 Cake, chiefly cotton cake and palm nut cake, fed according 

 to milk yield, 2 to 8 Ibs. per head per day. 



FARM No. 86. 



County, GLOUCESTER. 



Size of Farms : 150 acres arable. 365 acres pasture. 

 S \stem of Farming: Cropping and dairying. 



MILK No. 17. 



STATEMENT OF THE COST OF MILK PRODUCTION 

 From May 1st to September 30th, 1918. 



Foods. 



Hay during part of May, August 

 and September, say 10 Ibs. per 

 cow per day for 8 weeks, 13} 

 tons at 5 5s. ... 



Cabbage, 2 loads per day for 

 6 weeks (about 1 acre) 



Artificial purchased foods, 4 Ibs. 

 PIT cow per day Mav 1st to 

 7th. 13} cwts. at 15, plus 

 cartage, say 15 10s. ton 



Grazing : rent of 72 acres of 

 pasture at 30*. 



Chain harrowing, twice, at 2s. ... 



Hedging and ditching, 25 chains 

 at 6s 



Part of repairs to gates, 4 10s., 

 and fences, 5 -10s 



20 acres manured, 10 loads at 4s. 

 (say halO 



15 acres slagged, 5 cwts. at 72s. 

 (say half) 



Thistle cutting (say 6d. per acre) 



Aftermath : the feed of 80 acres 

 at 7s. 6rf. 



Labour. 



Cowman, 22 weeks at 37s., 



40 14s ; under cowman at 



30*. (say J time), 24 15s . . 



3 milkers (say half-time at 30s.) 



49 10s. ; 2 boys, half-time at 



16 1" 12 



1 dairyman, half-time at 30s., 

 16 10s. ; milk-cart boy, halt- 

 time at 20?., 11 



Carried forward 



s. d. . d. 



72 

 9 



10 13 2 



108 

 14 



7 10 

 10 

 20 



6 15 

 1 16 



30 



65 9 



2 



2710 





1 

 11 



Brought forward 

 Upkeep of herd. 



Replacing one-third of the herd 

 by down calving heifers in ex- 

 change for grazers at a loss of 

 20 each, say 360, 5 months 

 must carry five-twelfths of this 



Losses through illness, accident, 

 abortion, 120 a year, five- 

 twelfths ... 



Part rent of building : estimated 

 at five-twelfths of 20 



Rates 



Keep of bull, 22 weeks at 10s. 



Depreciation of refrigerator, 

 stands, platforms, pumps, 

 rubber tubes and pipes, 

 buckets, stools, cow-ties, 

 wheelbarrows, farm tools, 

 ladders, white washing ma- 

 chinery ... 



Repairs and renewals 



Sundries. 



Fire insurance, 2 2s. ; em- 

 ployers' liability, 5s. 3d. 



Medicines and veterinary's 

 charge, say 5s. per week 



Soap and soda 15s., coal 34s. 9rf., 

 lime 7s. 6d 



Disinfectant 7s. 6rf., upkeep of 

 roads 75s. 



Stamps, telegrams, stationery 

 and market expenses, esti- 

 mated at 12s. per week 



Delivery. 



Maintenance of milk van 1, 



harness 2 10s. 



Keep of horso at 15s. per week... 

 Depreciation of horse 



Credit. 



-By calves sold 8 at 3 

 Manurial value of cake ... 



s. d. s. d. 

 450 6 11 



150 

 50 



200 



868 



200 



11 



8 10 



9 10 



750 

 5 10 

 2 17 3 

 426 



13 4 



32 18 9 



10 



16 10 



7 10 



747 2 4 



24 

 168 



25 6 8 

 721 15 8 



Total yield of milk, 10,636 gallons = 1-411 gallons per 

 cow per day. 



Average number of cows in milk, 47; dry, 8; total, 55. 

 Cost of milk per gallon, Is. 4Jd. Value of cows, 42. 



Period October 1st, 1918, to January 31st, 1919. 



s. d. s. d. 

 Foods. 



Hay (say 20 Ibs. of hay per cow 



per day, 20 x 123x55) = 60 & 



tons at 8 483 4 



Cabbage, 2 loads per day for 



28 days, about i acre 600 



Mangolds, 'J5 days at 20 Ibs. per 



cow per day (say 95 x 20 x 55) = 



46},? tons at 25s . 58 8 



Artificials, 3 Ibs. per day (3x 



123 x 55) = 9 tons 1 cwt. qrs. 



23 Ibs. at 19 10s 176 13 6 



The feed of 130 acres at 5s. ... 32 10 6 



Maintenance of fences at 5s. per 



week 476 



Labour. 



Cowman, 17J weeks at 39s. 



Under cowman 36s. 



3 milkers, i-time 

 2 boys 

 Dairyman 

 Milk cart boys 



36s. 

 24s. 

 36s. 

 33s. 



34 2 6 



31 10 



47 5 



21 



15 15 



14 



163 12 6 



Maintenance of value of herd. 

 The replacing of one-third of the 

 herd by down calving heifers 

 in exchange for outgoing 

 grazers, losing 20 each = 

 360 a year. Allow one-third 

 of this amount for the 4 

 months ... 



l.i>-,si>.s tli rough illness, accident, 

 abortion, etc., at 120 a year. 

 Allow one-third of this amount 



Carried forward 



120 



40 

 1,084 16 



