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bulletin as entering into the cost of milk production, and note how his 

 completed calculations compare with those here stated. 



This bulletin is in no way intended to discourage Massachusetts 

 dairymen. In view of the present unsatisfactory condition of the 

 industry in Massachusetts, it is believed that all the light possible 

 should be thrown upon the cause of the trouble, and efforts made to 

 improve it. As long as a large number of producers are obliged to 

 sell their product at cost or below cost, the industry cannot be pro- 

 nounced prosperous. Dairying in many parts of this state must be 

 followed if our agriculture is to be successful and the writer is 

 enough of an optimist to believe that with the education of the public 

 to the nutritive and economic value of dairy products and the follow- 

 ing of the most approved methods, the future success of the in- 

 dustry will be realized. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Detailed Statement of Fixed Charges. 



Professor Trueman* presents the following figures, based on actual 

 results secured at the Storrs Station, as the cost of keeping a cow for 

 one year, exclusive of feed. He considers them representative for 

 Connecticut for the five years, October i, 1906 — October i, 191 1 : 



Bedding, for one year, .... 



Keep of bull, per cow, .... 



Labor per year, per cow, .... 

 Interest on money invested in cow and barn, 

 Taxes on cow and barn, .... 

 Insurance on barn, ..... 

 Depreciation of cow (yearly), 



Light, heat, medicines, disinfectants, veterinary, 

 and ice, ...... 



$5.00 



3.00 



33-6o 



6-75 



1.25 



.40 



13.00 



$65.00 



