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herds were kept in -more expensive basements. This increased the cost 

 of shelter. For these reasons the difference in the charge per cow for the 

 use of buildings is relatively little between small and large herds. 



Costs and returns 



The cost of keeping a cow was less in the larger herds. Partly, because 

 of this, but also because the returns were better, there was a greater profit 

 per cow in the larger herds. In small herds the loss was $8 per cow. In 

 the medium-sized herds the average loss was $9 per cow. But in the 

 larger herds with an average of 23.3 cows there was a gain of about $7 

 per cow. The figures are given in table 40. 



TABLE 41. RELATION OF SIZE OF HERD TO COST OF PRODUCTION AND TO AVERAGE 



PRICE FOR PRODUCT 



Number of cows per farm 



