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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Table 1. — Three Holstein Cows averaging 8,4-26 Pounds Milk. 



Pounds fed. | Value per Ton. 



Cost. 



Alfalfa hay, 

 Silage, . 

 Corn, . 

 Bran, . 



Cottonseed meal, 

 Pasture five months. 



2,216 



5,363 



1,808 



904 



452 



$14 00 



3 50 



22 00 



20 00 



30 00 



1 501 



$14 79 

 9 39 



19 88 

 9 04 



6 78 



7 50 



$67 38 



Feed cost per 100 pounds milk, $0.80. 

 Total value milk, $1.50 per hundredweight, $126.39. 

 1 Per month. 



Table 2. — Three Holstein Cows averaging 5,709 Pounds Milk. 



Alfalfa hay. 

 Silage, . 

 Corn, . 

 Bran, . 



Cottoaseed meal, 

 Pasture five months. 



Feed cost per 100 pounds milk, $0.84. 

 Total value milk, $1.50 per hundredweight, $85.63. 

 1 Per month. 



It is seen from these figures that in the State mentioned it 

 cost $60 to $70 to feed a cow that will produce 8,000 to 8,500 

 pounds of milk, or about SO cents per hundred pounds. Those 

 averaging 5,709 pounds required about $50 worth of feed, or a 

 cost of 84 cents per hundred. The prices of feed used are 

 about the average prices with us for the past five years, and 

 represent, except in the case of silage, what these feeds could 

 be purchased for on the m^arket. These cows represent ordinary 

 producing animals of their breed. These figures, it should be 

 understood, are based entirely upon actual weights of all the 

 feed and milk produced. 



Figures are also given below of the actual feed consumed by 



