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where milk is only one of the products sold each year in many 

 different ways. The results of one of these lines of investigation 

 have been reported under the heading of "Cow Census Record" 

 in Hoard's Dairyman. These records are usually obtained by a 

 representative of this paper visiting the farms in given localities 

 and- by talking with the owner of the cows, and obtaining an esti- 

 mate of the amount of the feed given the cows on each 1'urm. 

 87. The figures concerning the amount of milk produced by each 

 herd is gnerally obtained by consulting the creamery, cheese fac- 

 tory, or other buyer of the milk sold from the farm. This work 

 has been very valuable as it directs the attention of the owner 

 of the cows at each place, to the opportunties he has for finding 

 'out what the milk approximately costs that he is selling from the 

 farm. The figures reported may lack some exactness, but they 

 give a general idea of the approximate cost of the feed per cow 

 per year on the farms where the cows are only one part of the 

 general farming operations. In obtaining these figures no attempt 

 was made to determine the cost of any other part of the cows' 

 expenses. The data refers entirely to the feed cost in each locality. 

 A summary of some of these figures is as follows : 



Average of Results Obtained from Cow Census. 



Total 450 5,511 $35.94 



88. The figures in this table do not give information con- 

 cerning the expense of keeping a cow excepting the estimated 

 cost of the feed, There are, however, other things which enter into 

 the cost of producing milk besides the feed and among these may 

 be considered the following: 



89. First, the cow stable. This, of course, must be large enough 



