RETURNS FROM ANIMALS 



pound, or $40. After feeding, say 150 days, 

 he may weigh 1,100 pounds, when to bring 

 a profitable return he should sell for 6 cents 

 a pound, or $65. This is a gain of $25, eight 

 of which came from the increase in value of 

 the original 800 pounds. Usually steers 

 cannot be fattened profitably unless there is 

 an increase of at least three-quarters of a 

 cent per pound in the value of the animals 

 and then, as previously explained, only in 

 connection with the hogs which follow 

 them. 



COST OF PRODUCING MILK AND BUTTER FAT 



Well-selected and properly fed cows may 

 produce 240 pounds of butter fat annually. 

 The amount of fat obtained will depend 

 upon the richness of the milk. Thus, 8,000 

 pounds of 3% milk, 6,000 pounds of 4% 

 milk, or a trifle less than 5,000 pounds of 

 $% milk, will give this quantity of butter 

 fat. These are customary returns from dif- 

 ferent types of cows. 



If each cow in the herd is dry for six 

 weeks each year the daily average of the 

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