17G FARM MANAGEMENT 



The herd in Connecticut failed to pay. If we assign 

 the same values to the manure and calf in Minnesota as 

 was done in Connecticut, then the Minnesota herds gave 

 a profit of $8 per cow. Or, expressed another way, the 

 manure and calf had to be worth $7 to come out even in 

 Minnesota, and $31 in 'Connecticut. 



If the Connecticut herd had paid Minnesota prices for 

 feed and received Minnesota prices for the product, the 

 milk would have been worth $72 per cow. The feed would 

 have cost $43, or about one-half as much as it did in 

 Connecticut. The other expenses would have been only 

 slightly reduced, provided the same methods had been 

 used. The calf and manure would then have to be worth 

 about $50 to come out even. 1 But the Minnesota farmer, 

 with his apparently slipshod methods, has secured the 

 calf and manure for $7. It appears absolutely certain that 

 as intensive methods as are used in Connecticut would 

 not pay in Minnesota. Possibly the methods are a little 

 too intensive, even for Connecticut. On the other hand, it 

 is probable that the profits in Minnesota might be increased 

 by a reasonable increase in intensity of the business. 



If the cows in Minnesota had paid Connecticut prices 

 for feed and received Connecticut prices for milk, the feed 

 would have cost something less than $63 per cow, and the 

 milk would have been worth $84 per cow. The profit 

 would have remained practically unchanged. A few of 

 the other charges would have been greater. It is also 

 probable that the milk inspectors would refuse to take 

 the milk, if these methods were used in Connecticut. 



1 Feed values in Minnesota averaged $4.92 per ton for hay, $1.71 for 

 silage, about $20 for grain, and 83 cents a month for pasture. In Con- 

 necticut, hay averaged $16, silage $4, grain $30 per ton, and pasture $10 

 for the year. 



