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noted, more than cover cost of raising and harvesting in average seasons, 

 and, indeed, are much higher than are frequently used in figuring costs of 

 food in comparisons of this kind. 



GRADE JERSEY. The cow Eva, now nine years old, was purchased 

 for $45 of a farmer in Central Vermont, who evidently did not know what 

 he had. Her lines of breeding are not known. She has had three years' 

 record at this station. Her milk yield has ranged from 5,030 to 7,333 

 pounds, and averaged 6,182 pounds. Her butter yield has varied from 427 



EVA, A& NINE YEARS OLD-GRADE JERSEY. 

 Average Yearly Record for Three Years, 6,182 Pounds of Milk, 475 Pounds Butter, 



to 533, and averaged 475 pounds. The quality of her milk has been some- 

 what variable, having ranged from 6.23 to 7.27, averaging 6.86 per cent. 

 of fat. She is a well formed cow, and fairly typical of the Jerseys. She 

 is a hearty eater. Her food has averaged to cost $53.05; and the purchased 

 grain $22.05. She makes a pound of milk at a medium cost and a pound 

 of butter at very low cost, 11.3 cents a pound. Her butter, at prices rang- 

 ing from 26 to 27 cents, has averaged $127.98 a year. This last year the 



