86 ' GuENON ON Milch Cows. 



The Breeding and Value of well-selected Butter Cows. 



We have frequentl}' endeavored to show that one of the most important 

 advantages of Griienon's system is, that it enables every owner of cows to 

 tell the good from the bad cows, and that by weeding out the poor ones, 

 and raising the tone of his herd, he will increase his profits, and if every 

 farmer in the State will do the same, the increased value of all herds, and 

 the increased results in profits, would amount to many millions yearly. 



Pertinent to this subject, Mr. J. H. Walker, of Worcester, Massachu- 

 setts, the owner of a very choice herd of Jerseys, embracing members of 

 the Alphea, Victor, and Pansy families, has prepared an article on the 

 BREEDiNa AND Value OF BuTTER Cows, which proves, by tables showing 

 the net results of good and bad cows, the theory that good cows will pay 

 better than poor ones as an investment. We digest his remarks as follows : 



In New England, a pound of butter can be made for less money than a 

 poimd and a half of beef, taking the animals at birth or beginning with 

 animals two years old. 



Taking any good herd of Jersey cows, old and young, from the time the 

 heifers first come in milk, and it will average to make two thirds as many 

 pounds of butter per annum as any person in New England can make in 

 pounds of beef, on an}^ herd of any breed. 



The beef is worth six to nine cents, and the butter from twenty to forty 

 cents. 



Furthermore, every farmer should know what the difference is in the 

 actual value of the different cows he owns, rating their value upon the 

 money he gets for their product. 



An ordinary cow will make about two hundred pounds of butter a j'ear. 

 The tables are intended to show what the difference is in the value of dif- 

 ferent cows for producing butter, taking as a basis the payment of thirty 

 dollars for a cow that will make two hundred pounds of butter per annum, 

 and for different amounts up to six hundred pounds per annum, assuming 

 that the cow will die at twelve years of age. The interest upon the first 

 cost of the cow, and on her product for each j-ear, is compounded at the 

 rate of six per cent, per annum, up to the day it is assumed the cow will 

 die, taking no account of the value of the stock bred from her. 



As long as every business is done upon the basis of interest on invest- 

 ments, we must treat the question of values as applied to cows on that 

 basis. This is the only way to accurately prove the difference in value be- 

 tween one cow and another. 



Table A. 



If the cow cost thirty dollars, the keeping per annum twenty-five dollars, 

 and the butter sells for twenty-five cents a pound, the profits on the cows 

 will be as follows, viz : 



Paying $30 00 for a 200 pound cow, he will get in ten years, §170 00 



189 97 " 300 " " " 235 OS 



348 86 " 400 " " " ^99 89 



" 504 39 " 500 " " " 363 11 



671 61 «' 600 " " " 428 39 



Table B. 



Including interest on all items, a farmer will make on each cow as fol- 

 lows, (made on a basis of twenty -five cents a pound for butter, and twenty- 

 five dollars a year for keeping,) viz : 



Paving S30 00 for a 200 i)onnd cow, he will get in ten years, ?195 73 



125 00 " 300 " " " 313 06 



250 00 " 400 " " •* 3/4 15 



" 350 00 " 500 " " " £4 52 



" 450 00 " 600 " *' " 595 91 



