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THE BUSINESS OF DAIRYING 



Records of Herds Owned by 100 Patrons of a Creamery 



(Continued from page 109) 



It is shown in the preceding table that the cost of 

 keeping a cow averaged a little over $35 per head 

 and that the patrons received an average profit of 

 65 cents per cow a year. In other words, for every 

 dollar expended, the average dairymen at this par- 

 ticular creamery received only $1.01, and 42 were 

 paying more for feed than they received for their 

 milk. Surely there is need of better business 

 methods than those practiced by the average dairy- 

 man. 



Causes of low yields. With the majority of 

 dairymen who fail to make a profit, the causes of low 

 yields are poor rations and using poor cows to turn 

 these rations into milk. Too many fail to appreciate 

 the value of the silo, the value of forage crops to 

 supplement the scanty pastures, particularly the al- 

 falfa crop, and concentrated feeding stuffs to balance 



