January, 1938] 



Dairy Herd Replacements 



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satisfactory additions to a farmer's herd. This advantage could well 

 prevail under existing conditions of purchasing replacements. Prob- 

 ably of greater importance is the possibility of spreading disease which 

 was not taken into consideration in these estimates. 



Table 9. Kinds, amounts, and values of feed consumed by the average heifer 

 on the 10 lowest and 10 highest feed cost farms. 



Some Purchased Cows. An attempt was made to obtain some detailed 

 information concerning the cows purchased during the year. Many of 

 these cows had not been owned long enough for farmers to form much 

 of an opinion. Approximately three-fourths were purchased locally, 

 mostly within the same or neighboring town. One-half were bought 

 from farmers and one-fourth from dealers, most of whom were merely 

 engaged in local trading. Although a larger proportion of those pur- 

 chased from dealers were grades than in the case of those bought from 

 local farmers, the average price paid was $4 per head more. An aver- 

 age price of $111 per head was paid for 68 cows purchased from out of 



