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BULLETIN 409 



When the calculations were based on the total amount of milk or butter- 

 fat produced, the cow cost of production was practically the same as when 

 the milk or fat sold was used. The cow cost per hundred pounds of milk 

 produced was $1.689, and the cost per hundred pounds sold was $1.693. 

 The cow cost of fat was 42 cents per pound produced, or 42.2 cents per 

 pound sold. 



The lowest herd cost of milk production was 56 cents per hundred 

 pounds. To increased value -on purebred cows and higher values of the 

 calves at birth this low cost was due. The highest cost was $3.19 per 

 hundred pounds. Of the farms studied, 48 per cent produced milk at 

 less than the average cost, but 54 per cent of the milk was produced at 

 less than the average cost. The more efficient farms produce a larger 

 proportion of the product. The average cost of all milk produced below 

 the average cost was $1.39 per hundred pounds, and of all milk at the 

 average cost or above, $2.06 per hundred pounds. 



Variations in the herd cost of producing milk on these farms are shown 

 in table 26 and in figures 53 and 54. 



Quantities of feed and labor per unit of product 



The amounts of feed and labor used by all herds, per hundred pounds 

 of milk produced, per hundred pounds produced except that fed cattle, 

 and per hundred pounds sold, are given in table 27: 



TABLE 27. AMOUNTS OF FEED AND LABOR USED BY 2058 Cows, 1002 HEIFERS, 

 172 HERD BULLS, AND 76 BULLS TO BE SOLD, PER HUNDRED POUNDS OF MILK 



Capital invested for milk production 



The average investment for milk production was $3381 per farm, $244.78 

 per cow, and $4.42 per hundred pounds of milk or $1.10 per pound of 



