THE COST OF RAISING A DAIRY COW. 



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stover, $1.45; and pasture, $3.56; making a total of $16.11. This 

 is $8.47, or 34 per cent, less than the cost of the feed for the first year. 



Table VI. — Cost of feed per head for the second year for an average of 11.2 



head of heifers. 



Year and month. 



Average 



number 



fed. 



Mixed 

 hay. 



Corn 

 silage. 



Corn 



stover. 



Pasture. 



Total. 



September . 



October 



November. 

 December. . 



January.. 

 February 

 March..'. . 



April 



May 



Jurie 



July 



August... 



17/ 



16 



15. ( 



15 



15 



15 



15 



$0. 50 

 .50 



Yearly total. 



i SO- 66 

 .86 



.SI 

 .66 

 .65 

 .53 

 .27 



SO. 68 

 1.00 



1.10 

 1.07 

 1.21 

 1.12 



.26 



SO. 19 

 .35 



.59 

 .-(3 



SO. 50 



.50 



1.34 



1.86 



2.10 



2.08 

 2.45 

 2. OS 

 1.03 

 .75 

 .75 



1 Alfalfa, 2S cents; mixed hay, 3S cents. 

 HOURS OF LABOR AND THEIR COST FOR THE SECOND YEAR. 



The hours of labor required and the cost per head for the second 

 year are shown in Table VII. During the 171 days the heifers were 

 on pasture no labor was required. For the winter months they were 

 run in sheds, and the major portion of the labor was for feeding and 

 bedding. The hay was carried from the barn near by, and the silage 

 and corn fodder were carried a distance of several rods for each 

 feeding, morning and night. In the month of March, a share of the 

 time consumed in moving hay to the barn from stacks in the field 

 was also charged to the heifers. The amount of horse labor is 

 variable and only slightly affects the yearly cost for labor. 



Table VII. 



-Hours of labor required and their cost per head for the second 

 year for an average of 11.2 head of heifers. 



Year and month. 



Average 



number 



fed. 



Man labor. 



Horse 

 labor. 



Total 



Total. 



Per day. 



cost.i 



1909. 

 September 



20 

 20 

 20 

 22 



17.7 



16 



15.6 



15 



15 



15 



15 



15 



Hours. 



Minutes. 



Hours. 















3.54 



5.18 



2.96 

 2.54 

 4.30 

 2.80 

 .90 



7.1 

 10.2 



5.7 

 5.3 

 8.3 

 5.4 

 2 





SO. 42 







.62 



1910. 

 January 



0.05 

 .70 



.36 

 .31 



March 



April 



May 



.58 

 .34 

 .11 







July 

































23.25 







2.86 













1 Rate per hour: Man labor, 12 cents; horse labor, 1 cents. 



