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than one-third as much as in regions like Delaware County, 

 near New York City. Because of the very low price of feed, 

 the average cost of keeping a cow was only $60. 



TABLE 28. COST OF PRODUCING MILK 



It will be observed that the costs other than feed are al- 

 most exactly the same in the two regions. The average 

 costs other than feed for keeping cows under farm conditions 

 vary widely on different farms, but in the great majority of 

 cases for grade herds are between $30 and $40 per cow. In 



1 Report of the Proceedings of the American Farm Management Asso- 

 ciation, November, 1913. 



2 Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 124. 



3 This item included elsewhere. 4 Charge for this item not given. 



