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TABLE 29. COST OF PRODUCING MILK ON NEW YORK FARMS 



Continued 



From these costs the value of the manure should be de- 

 ducted to find the returns that the average farmer would 

 have to get in order to make a profit on cows. For Rice 

 County the value of the calf would also have to be deducted. 

 This value is included in the Delaware County figures. 



Accurate results of cost accounts on a number of New York 

 farms including 673 cows are given in Table 29. These 

 farms were not especially selected but are somewhat larger 

 and better managed than the average farm. Most of them 

 were located in parts of the state where feed is somewhat 

 cheaper than in Delaware County. The accounts are with 

 the entire dairy herd considered as a unit. 



For the grade herds there is a surprisingly close agree- 

 ment with Table 28 as to costs other than feed. The pure- 

 bred herds cost more in every way, but the returns are more 



1 Notice that this is total milk divided by the number of cattle units. 

 The value of the milk per cow is given above. 



