FARMERS BULLETIN 



and production is to be kept up to a profitable standard, anywhere 

 from 1 to 4 acres or more must be provided for each cow. This is 

 assuming that in permanent pasture there is a good, clean turf, with 

 little or no waste places, and that for temporary pasture there is a 

 good stand of grass or legumes throughout. Land which will give 

 these conditions frequently sells at from $50 to $300 an acre, and 

 the interest on the investment must necessarily also vary widely, as 

 is shown in Tables 2 and 3 : 



TABLE 2. Interest on cost of pasture per cow for the season; interest at 6 per 

 cent on the value of the land, allowing from l to 4 acres per cow. 



TABLE 3. Cost of pasture per cow per day on basis of Table 2, with a pasture 



season of 150 days. 



It will be seen that the price of land may readily become so high 

 that it would be unprofitable to graze it. In many sections of the 

 country a cow can be fed on dry feed for average production for 

 about 20 cents a day. Therefore, when the daily rental or interest 

 on the value of pasture approaches that sum the farmer should care- 

 fully consider other methods of summer feeding. 



The cost of caring for permanent pastures must also be taken into 

 consideration. This will consist in the expense of cutting weeds, 

 building and repairing fences, etc. 



PEICE OF LABOR. 



The pasture system of summer feeding reduces to the minimum 

 the amount of labor required to handle a given number of cows, and, 

 therefore, it is especially adapted to conditions where labor is high. 



