BULLETIN No. 145 SEPTEMBER, 1913 



MASSACHUSETTS 



ACtEKTLTUEAL EXPERD1E^'T 



STATION 



RECORD OF 



The Station Dairy Herd 



A>'D 



The Cost of Milk Production. 



By J. B. LLNDSE^'. 



This balletin contains a record of the amotint and csst sf tke fowl 

 consumed and of the milH produced bv each cow in tke station kerd 

 from 1S96 throogh 1911. 



The estimated cost of housing and caring for the cow and her prod- 

 uct is also stated, which added to the food cost, shows a total aver- 

 age yearly cost of S14p.04 per cow. The average yearly prodmctioB 

 was o03o pounds, and the estimated cost of a quart of milh aTRagiB^ 

 5 percent of fat is shown to b« 5.45 cents. Data from other sotirces 

 are also cited. The amount of dry and digestible maner required to 

 produce milK and milK ingredients is stated and indicates that the 

 largest producers required the smallest amount of food to ma£e a 

 definite amount of product- Large cows produced milK rather more 

 economically than the smaller ones. 



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