No. 4.] 



MODERX DAIRYING. 



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drops to $64.47 ; the Devon drops to $48.27 ; the Holstein 

 drops to $70.07 ; the Shorthorn drops to $72.03 ; while the 

 Guernsey rises to $75.18 and the Jersey rises to $74.30. 



The figures show clearly how important it is that we value 

 a cow's milk by the total solids or by the butter fat, which- 

 ever it is we are selling. 



The next table is very interesting, in that it shows the 

 relative value of these cows when placed at the business 

 of butter making. The calculation is based on the actual 

 butter made from each cow, and which sold at 25 cents per 

 pound : — 



This table lets a lot of daylight on the value of those 

 cows, supposing we employed them for butter making ; also 

 the food cost per pound of butter. It will be seen that the 

 two butter breeds produce butter at the lowest food cost, 

 the largest gross product per cow, the largest gross value 

 of the butter at 25 cents per pound, and the largest profit 

 per cow. 



Competition. 



Our second necessity, that of competition, demands at 

 our hands increase of quality and the placing only of fresh, 

 fine goods on the market. In that way only can the New 

 England dairyman hold his market. The old notion, once 



