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three cows having quite a wide range of production. These 

 animals were not on pasture, but received practically the same 

 ration throughout the year. 



Table 3. — Amount and Cost of Feed for Three Cows of Different Milk- 

 producing Capacity. 



Holstein, 11,987 Pounds Milk. 



Feed cost per 100 pounds milk, $0.76. 



Total value milk, $1.50 per hundredweight, $179.90. 



Ayrshire, 9,169 Pounds Milk. 



Feed cost per 100 pounds milk, $0.83. 



Total value milk, $1.50 per hundredweight, $137.53. 



Shorthorn, 5,573 Pounds Milk. 



Feed cost per 100 pounds milk, $1.10. 



Total value milk, $1.50 per hundredweight, $83.59. 



We could give a large number of similar figures of which 

 these are representative. On the basis cf our figures, which are 

 based not upon estimates but upon actual records, and which 



