250 



DAIRY FARMING 



than enough to cover the greater cost. The pure-bred herds 

 on the average pay best. 



218. Cost of Raising Heifers. The cost of raising heifers 

 on a Wisconsin farm that raised about twenty a year was kept 

 for five years. The food costs to raise a heifer to two years of 

 age varied from $39 to $42. The total costs varied from $60 

 to $65 in different years. The average cost of raising one 

 group of about twenty heifers is given in Table 30. To these 

 costs the value of the heifer at birth should be added and the 

 value of the manure produced in the barn subtracted. Of 

 course, the exact figures should not be expected to apply to 

 another farm, but the comparative costs are worth studying. 



TABLE 30. AVERAGE COST OF RAISING JERSEY HEIFERS TO Two 

 YEARS OLD ON A WISCONSIN FARM l 



U. S. Dept. Agr., Bulletin 49. 



