No. 4.] THE DAIRY HERD. 379 



Cr. 



No. 1. By 186,000 quarts of milk at 2£ cents, . . . $3,400 



By 20 beeves at $ 80, 600 



By loss, 256 



$4,256 



Dr. 



No. 2. To 20 cows at $52.50, $1,050 



To keeping four years at $50, 4,000 



To interest, taxes and insurance on purchase at 8 per 



cent, 336 



To profit, 214 



$5,600 



Cr. 



By 200,000 quarts milk at 2h cents, . $5,000 



By 20 beeves at $30, 600 



$5,600 



Dr. 



No. 3. To 20 cows at $75, $1,500 



To keeping four years at $65, 5,200 



To interest, taxes and insurance at 8 per cent, . . 480 



To profit, 1,420 



$8,600 



Cr. 



By 320,000 quarts milk at 2d cents, .... $8,000 

 By 20 beeves at $30, 600 



$8,600 



These balances ignore entirely credits for calves dropped, 

 which would be much greater with the best cows. It 

 becomes apparent that the advantage is decidedly with the 

 $75 cows, so that good husbandry demands that earnest 

 effort be put forth to secure the best for milking purposes. 



My own herd, all of which has been bought, as occasion 

 offered, at an average cost of $43.50 per head, and kept for 

 about $65 per head per year, has produced an average an- 

 nual yield of 7,576 pounds of milk. These cows are at a 

 disadvantage where milk alone is considered, as their milk 

 is rich in fat, giving a relatively high butter product. A 



