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JERSEY ^ MILK BUTTER 



Value of product, $56 10 $67 80 



Cost of keeping, 48 00 48 00 



Profit, $8 10 119 80 



DURHAM 



Value of product, $73 48 $71 30 



Cost of keeping, 60 00 60 00 



Profit, $13 48 $11 30 



AYRSHIRE 



Value of product, $70 40 $73 00 



Cost of keeping, 54 00 54 00 



Profit, $16 40 $19 90 



With our best cow of each breed, the case would stand 

 as follows : — 



Jersey profit, $32 00 $35 00 



Durham profit, 53 00 55 22 



Ayrshire profit, 36 00 33 45 



The latter table shows us, first, that the Jersey is not 

 profitable as a milk producer but as a butter cow. This is 

 not new, but it gives figures to show for the generall}^ ac- 

 cepted fact a profit of $8.10 as a milk producer ^nd $19.80 

 as a butter cow. Milkmen cannot afford to sell Jersey milk. 



The Durham is considered as a milk producer, and so 

 she is. The profit as a butter coav is $11.30, as a milk 

 producer $13.48. 



The Ayrshire is an all round cow, good for milk, but a 

 little better for butter, though as a rule she is not credited 

 with being a butter cow. Our figures, however, show that 

 she is the equal of the Jersey as a butter cow and the su- 

 perior of the Durham as a milk producer. 



But in the Durham we have a general purpose cow. I 

 say this in full realization of the protests of the ••' nervous 

 theory" advocates, and want to say that the Durham, which 



