38 ELEMENTS OP DAIRY TYPE 



Tests of Economy. — The efficiency of cows possessing the 

 dairy type as against those not having such form was well brought 

 out by the figures contained in ^Minnesota Bui. Xo. 67 (1900), 

 from which the following tables are arranged: 



Test I 



Dairy Type Not Dairy Type 



Gross receipts $77.77 $54.40 



Cost of feed 30.82 28.21 



Net receipts $46.95 $26.19 



Amt. returned per $1.00 worth 



of feed 2.52 1.93 



The dairy-type group consumed 9.25 per cent more feed, but 

 yielded 43 per cent more butter. On the average they consumed 

 $2.61 worth more feed per cow but returned $21.76 more for 

 butter. 



Test IT* 



Dairy Type Not Dairy Type 



Gross receipts $41.55 $28.03 



Cost of feed , 15.14 13.86 



Net receipts $26.41 $14.17 



Returned per $1.00 expended 2.74 2.02 



The group of dairy-type cows returned nearly twice as much 

 profit so far as dairy returns are concerned as the non-dairy-type 

 group. 



Test III 



D_iry Type Not Dairy Type 



Gross receipts $75.7 I $51.Ui 



Cost of feed 37.60 30.64 



Net receipts $38.1 1 $20.37 



Return per $1.00 2.01 1.66 



The dairy-type group, on an average, consumed 22.7 per 

 cent more feed but returned 48.4 per cent more butter and 87 



* This winter's work was done when feed was unusually cheap. 



