in each group as the result of better feeding. Whereas the good feeding of the 

 good livestock group was 143 units lower than in the case of the poor livestock, 

 the butter-fat sold per cow was 47 pounds greater. This brings out clearly the 

 fact that breeding did more to increase the butter-fat than did feeding. Although 

 butter-fat production is increased by heavier feeding, one musb use great dis- 

 cretion as to the amount by which feed should be increased. 



Table No. 23. 



Groups. 



Medium 

 Feeding. 



Good 

 Feeding. 



High 

 Feeding. 



No. of farms 12 



Average total digestible nutrients per 



animal unit 2,703 



*o Average pounds butter-fat sold per 



cow 178 



Average production efficiency of cows 15 



Percentage of farmers who used a 



pure-bred sire five years and over 33 



o Average cost of producing butter-fat, 



allowing interest at 1% $1.30 



Average cost of producing butter-fat, 



allowing no interest $0.82 



i . 



No. of farms 



Average total digestible nutrients per 



animal unit . 



*o Average pounds butter-fat sold per 



3 cow 



v Average production efficiency of cows 

 Percentage of farmers who used 

 " pure-bred sire five years and over 



" Average cost of producing butter-fat, 

 o allowing interest at 7%. ...... 



Average cost of producing butter-fat, 

 allowing no interest 



11 

 3,749 



191 

 19 



36 



$1.41 

 $0.92 



22 

 3,606 



238 

 15 



50 



$1.07 

 $0.64 



18 

 5,110 



255 



20 



61 

 $1.13 



$0.75 



It is noted that in both the poor and good livestock groups the production 

 efficiency 'decreased with higher feeding methods. Or, in other words, the 

 number of total digestible nutrients required to produce one pound of butter-fat 

 increased. Referring to Table No. 23, one sees that medium feeders of the poor 

 livestock group and the good feeders of good livestock used fifteen total digestible 

 nutrients to produce one pound of butter-fat. The farmers who practised higher 

 feeding did not get as satisfactory results in either the poor or good livestock 

 groups, seeing that it took, respectively, nineteen and twenty total digestible 

 nutrients to produce one pound of butter-fat. The conclusion is, then, that the 

 good feeders of poor livestock and the high feeders of good livestock overfed 

 their cows. 



Though the farmers with good livestock fed more heavily than those with 

 poor livestock, Table No. 23 shows that they produced their butter-fat more 

 cheaply than either of the poor livestock groups. 



The farmers who produced butter-fat at lowest cost were those who kept 

 well-bred stock and practised g^ood feeding methods. 



Table No. 23 shows that higher feeding increased the amount of butter-fat 

 sold per cow, but that increased feeding must be done with consideration of the 

 production per cow. Good cows will consume more feed, as is shown in Table 

 No. 23, but returns justify the increase of feed, since production costs are lower 

 than in the case of the poor livestock groups. Though the farmers who practised 

 high feeding methods with good livestock did not secure as satisfactory results 

 in feeding as did the good feeders of poor livestock, their production costs were 

 lower. The loss through heavier feeding no doubt was more than made up by 

 sale of young stock. Such sale was made possible from the fact that the higher 

 production of the cows allowed the farmers to sell their young stock to good 



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