MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 95 



cords wood, $56.00 ; $9.30 for cleanser powder, and fly spray, $10.00, and 

 lime $10.50, and the cooling tank and drinking trough, $85.00, 10 per 

 cent, $8.50; sawdust, $65.00; depreciation, $20.00; 31^ tons of ice, 

 $118.13; freight on ice, $45.33; hauling ice, $42.00; total, $404.94. 



Q. Your next item is for your windmill and tank, etc.? 



A. Yes. 



Q. And you figure your interest and depreciation on that at 

 $160.00? 



A. 70 per cent, on the water supply would make that $160.00. 



Q. And that makes a total expenditure of how much ? 



A. $12,305.48. 



Q. Now, your credit on here is what ? 



A. 420 tons of manure at $1.00 a ton, $420.00; and 43 calves at 

 $7.00, $301.00. 



Q. And you produced how many pounds of milk? 



A. 279,078 pounds. 



Qi And that is approximately 5,600 pounds per cow? 



A. Approximately. 



Q. How much do you figure your milk cost you ? 



A. Four dollars and a fraction. 



Q. Around $4.30? 



A. Around there. 



Q. Have you calculated anything for your own service? , 



A. Yes. 



Q. How much? 



A. $600.00. I figure my time is worth more than that. 



Q. About how much would that be an hour? 



A. I cannot tell you how much. 



Q. 'Would it be thirty cents an hour? 



A. For a year ? 



Q. Yes, on an average right straight through? 



A. About two dollars a day, would it not ? 



Q. About a ten-hour day? 



A. I ought to be worth two dollars a day, I think. 



PHELPS HOPKINS, produced as a witness, first being duly sworn, 

 examined by Mr. Fuller, testified : 



Q. Mr. Hopkins, you reside where? . * 



A. Pittsford. 



Q. What is your business? 



A. Farmer. 



Q. And you have been engaged in that business all your life ? 



A. Why, no, I lived on a farm all my life. 



