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The cost includes delivering to the receiving stations. Prices are paid 

 for milk delivered. In order to be comparable the cost of production on 

 different farms should therefore include the cost of delivery. 



A comparison of the herd cost and the cow cost of producing milk and 

 butterf at is given in table 2 5 : 



TABLE 25. SUMMARY OF COST OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING TO MARKET 

 104,732 HUNDREDWEIGHT OF MILK CONTAINING 420,673 POUNDS OF BUTTERF AT 



The gross herd charges per hundred pounds of milk sold were $2.29, 

 but the returns other than milk sold amounted to 59 cents per hundred 

 pounds. The herd cost of milk, therefore, was $1.70 per hundred pounds sold. 



The gross cow charges were $2.07 per hundred pounds, and the returns 

 other than milk sold were 38 cents. Hence, the cow cost of milk was $1.69 

 per hundred pounds sold. 



The herd cost and the cow cost were practically the same, the former 

 being i.i cents per hundred pounds higher. In other words, the loss on 

 heifers, above the gain on veals and bulls to be sold, increased the cost of 

 milk production only by this amount. 



