THE SILO AND SILAGE 14! 



bred animals, adapted to the production of milk and 

 butter, under favorable conditions, the cost is about 

 as follows : 



FEED COST PER ANNUM PER COW 



4 tons silage @ $1.00 $4.00 



1,500 pounds hay @ $8.00 6.00 



I ton ground feed 20.00 



Pasturage 6.00 



1,200 pounds straw 3.00 



$39-00 

 Labor, cost, including butter making 10.00 



Total expense $49.00 



Under the conditions enumerated, a per capita 

 product of 6,000 pounds of milk, or 300 pounds of 

 butter, could reasonly be expected. This would 

 make the cost of producing milk 81.6 cents a 

 hundredweight; butter, 161-3 cents a pound. If 

 the cow be credited with skim-milk at 10 cents per 100 

 pounds, it would reduce the cost of butter about 2 

 cents a pound. 



The cost in the average dairy at the present time, 

 throughout the country, is about as follows: 



Hay, 2 tons $16.00 



Pasturage 6.00 



Grain, 600 pounds 6.00 



Labor cost 10.00 



Total $38.00 



Average milk production 3-5OO pounds 



Average butter production 150 pounds 



Cost per hundredweight milk $1.08 



Cost per pound butter 24 



Crediting the skim-milk reduces butter cost to 

 about 22 cents. 



There is one important item in this calculation 



