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value as the fat in butter, then the fat in a quart of milk is 

 worth 3.5 cents, and the skim-milk sells for 5.5 cents. 



QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS 



} . For each of the regions given in Tables 28 and 29 find the feed 

 cost ind all other costs and the per cent that the feed cost is of the 

 total cost. Compare the feed costs in the different regiojis. 



2. At the prices of feeds in this region, find the approximate 

 valu< of the feed required to feed a cow, as given in Table 28. 



. What per cent is the feed of the total cost of raising heifers, 

 as gi -en in Table 30. 



4. At prices of feed and milk in this region, find the approxi- 

 mat( value of the feed used to raise a heifer, as given in Table 30. 



6. Using the weights given on page 298, how many pounds are 

 thert in one gallon of milk? In one gallon of 35 per cent cream? 

 How many quarts in 100 pounds of milk ? In 100 pounds of 20 per 

 cent Team? 



6. In what proportion should milk testing 3.2 per cent fat and 

 milk testing 4.5 per cent fat be mixed to make milk testing 4 per 

 cent ? 



7 Using figures from page 298, how much dry matter is there in 

 40 quarts of skim-milk? In 100 pounds? 



8 Some animal food is necessary for good success with hens. 

 Meat scrap is often purchased for this purpose at about $3 per 

 hundred pounds. It is also fed to hogs. It contains about 90 per 

 cent dry matter, but the dry matter is not so valuable as that in 

 skim-tnilk. If the dry matter in skim-milk is worth the same as 

 that in meat scrap, what would 100 pounds of skim-milk be worth? 

 What would it be worth per quart? 



9. A farmer is offered 30 cents a pound for butter-fat, or $1.30 

 per hundred for whole milk. His average test is 3.8 per cent. 

 Which is the higher price ? Would the skim-milk be worth the dif- 

 ference as feed for hogs or poultry? 



10. What would be received for 100 pounds of 4 per cent milk 

 when sold at each of the following prices : 



a. 3 cents per quart? 



6. $1.50 per 100 pounds? 



c. 35 cents per pound for butter-fat ? 



d. 30 cents per pound for butter ? 



