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on cows and the loss due to death was $5722, or 4.3 per cent of the average 

 value of cows. About two-thirds of this loss is represented by the difference 

 between the value of cows and the price received for those sold, and one- 

 third by deaths. Since the beef value of cows is not in proportion to their 

 value for milk, depreciation and losses due to death are higher with higher- 

 priced cows. 



Average production 



The average production per cow was 5532 pounds of milk, of which 

 5089 pounds was sold and 443 pounds was used on the farms, and 222.2 

 pounds of butterfat, of which 204.4 pounds was sold. About 42 per cent 

 of the milk was produced in the six months beginning on October i, and 

 58 per cent in the summer months from April to September. 



The income from the sale of milk was more evenly distributed thruout 

 the year than was the production. While more milk was sold in summer, 

 the price received was so much less that the returns did not far exceed the 

 returns in the winter months. 



The data on average production are given in table 30: 



TABLE 30. PRODUCTION PER Cow AND ITS DISTRIBUTION, 2058 Cows 



Relative to the receipts on the New York market, much more milk was 

 produced during the summer on the farms studied. The production in 

 February, the lowest month, was 53 per cent of the June production, while 

 on the New York market for the same year the amount received in February 

 was 92 per cent of the amount received in June. 



