A STUDY IlSr THE COST OF PEODUCING MILK. 



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It is not within the scope of this bulletin to discuss the profits 

 and losses in the production of milk on these four farms. However, 

 it may add interest to give the average receipts per cow from the 

 sale of milk during the period covered by records, as shown in 

 Table XII. Comparing the figures of Tables XI and XII, it will be 

 seen that, on the average for the entire period, each of these farms 

 made a profit from their dairies. 



Table XII. — Average receipts per cow from sale of dairy products on each of the four farms. 



Year. 



Wisconsin 

 farm. 



Michigan 

 farm. 



Pennsyl- 

 vania 

 farm. 



North 



Carolina 



farm. 



1909 



888. 47 

 82.72 

 79.08 

 80.92 



S97. 63 

 123. 72 

 101. 55 

 120. 92 







1910 . 







1911 







1912 



S96. 77 

 113. 45 



$136. 00 



1913 



130. 76 













81.40 



110. 96 



105. 11 



133 38 







DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES. 



In connection with this same problem, other investigators have 

 published certain results. The publications from the New Hamp- 

 shire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut^ (Storrs) agricultural experi- 

 ment stations give the cost per cow in sufficient detail, so that the 

 items may be studied under the groups shown in Table I. 



The relation of each item of cost to the total cost of keeping a cow 

 as reported by the three New England experiment stations is given 

 in Table XIII. 



Table XIII. — Relative importance of factors which make up the cost of producing milk 

 as reported by three New England agricultural experiment stations. ^ 



Item. 



Cost per cow per year. 



Connecticut.^ 



Actual Per 

 cost. cent. 



Massachusetts." 



Actual Per 

 cost. cent. 



New Hamp- 

 shire. 3 



Actual Per 

 cost. cent. 



Feed 



Labor: 



Cows and dairy . 



Marketing 



Use of buildings 



Use of equipment . . . 



Use of bull 



Interest , 



Depreciation 



Miscellaneous , 



Total. 



Credits: 



Manure and calf. 



Average pounds milk per cow. 



$85.02 

 33.60 



56.7 

 22.4 



S89.24 

 35.00 



54.9 

 21.6 



3.95 



2.6 



3.00 



3.75 



13.00 



7.70 



2.0 

 2.5 



8.7 

 5.1 



7.50 

 1.15 

 4.00 

 5.25 

 11.25 

 9.00 



4.6 

 .7 

 2.5 

 3.2 

 6.9 

 5.6 



S73.03 



32.33 



7.18 

 9.05 

 .53 

 3.79 

 4.55 

 8.83 

 8.44 



49.4 



21.8 

 4.9 

 6.1 

 .4 

 2.6 

 3.1 

 6.0 

 5.7 



150. 02 



100.0 



162.39 



100.0 



147. 73 



100.0 



15.00 



17.00 



18.00 



6,036 



1 See a, b, and c in "Literature Cited," p. 34. 



2 Other agricultural experiment stations have publications showing the cost of keeping a cow and the 

 cost of producing milk, but the data are not presented in sufficient detail to be included in this table. 



3 See a, b, and c, p. 34. 



