COST OF PRODUCTION 165 



WHAT IT COSTS TO PRODUCE MILK 



At the New Jersey agricultural college farm the 

 writer kept records of a herd of about 40 cows for 

 7 years, beginning April i, 1896. These records in- 

 clude the cost of labor, the kind, amount and cost 

 of foods eaten by the dairy herd and the amount of 

 milk produced by each cow. The cost for the year 

 ending April i, 1903, is here reported. The herd 

 averaged 34 cows. 



The Kind, Amount and Cost of Foods for Thirty-four 

 Cows for One Year, April i, 1902, to April i, 1903 



Amount Fed Ost 



L)8. per Ton Total 



Wheat bran 26,000 $20 40 $265 20 



Dried grains 35,5oo 1890 33548 



Buckwheat middlings... 1,500 1400 1050 



Wheat middlings 3,ooo 2000 3000 



Rice meal 4,500 20 oo 45 oo 



Gluten meal 3,ooo 2425 3637 



Cottonseed meal 5>4OO 29 oo 78 30 



Hominy meal 3,ooo 2400 3600 



Cost of feeds $83685 



Soiling crops 360,000 $i 60 $28800 



Silage 234.000 2 40 280 80 



Dried cornstalks 20,000 4 oo 40 oo 



Mixed hay 16,000 5 oo 40 oo 



Roughage 648 80 



Total cost of food $1,485 65 



Total cost of food $1,485 65 



Cost per cow per day U-97 cents 



Cost of feeds 836 85 



Cost per cow per day 6.74 cents 



Cost of roughage 648 80 



Cost per cow per day 5.23 cents 



Total yield of milk 98,574 quarts 



Average per cow per clay 7.94 " 



Cost of food per quart 1.51 cents 



Cost of feed per quart .85 " 



Cost of roughage per quart .66 " 



