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amount of feed used and the cost of feeding a Jersey cow for 

 a year, also the production of milk and fat from that ration: — 



Table 5. — Ration fed a High-class Jersey Cow. 



Pounds fed. 



Market 



Value per 



•Ton. 



Cost 



of Amount 



fed. 



Corn, ...... 



Bran, ...... 



Oil meal, ..... 



Alfalfa 



Silage, 



Pasture four and one-half months, 



1,376 



6S8 



344 



2,694 



4,57.5 



$20 00 

 23 00 

 33 00 

 15 00 

 3 00 

 2 001 



$13 76 

 7 91 



5 68 

 20 20 



6 86 

 9 00 



$63 41 



1 Per month. 



Total cost of the feed consumed by this animal was $63.41. 

 Had this animal been capable of producing only 200 pounds of 

 butter fat in a year, this feed bill would certainly look excessive. 

 During the year, however, her production was as follows: — 



Table 6. — ■ Production and Income from High-class Jersey Cow. 



Milk (pounds), . . . . ^ 7,940 



Fat (pounds), . . . . " 484 



484 pounds fat at 28^ cents equals 



635 pounds skim milk at 20 cents per hundred\veight equals 



$137 94 

 12 70 



$150 64 



The price given per pound of butter fat was the local cream- 

 ery price during the time this butter fat was produced. The 

 skim milk value is placed at what it sells locally for hog feed. 

 The income from this cow was $150.64 for the year, leaving the 

 calf out of the consideration and figuring on the basis of cream- 

 ery prices. Granting the accuracy of the estimate by Professor 

 Rasmussen of New Hampshire, that it costs $56 in addition to 

 the feed to keep a cow in milk a year, there still was a margin 

 of $31 after deducting the $119, which W'ould cover all expenses, 

 including labor, interest and depreciation. A cow like this 

 beats any railroad proposition in the country. A railroad is 



