THE COST OF RAISING A DAIRY COW. 



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5.00 



4.00 



TOTAL COST OF PRODUC- 

 ING A HEIFER (1909 

 GROUP. ) 



Although feed and 



for both feed and labor. Similar diagrams for both the 1908 

 and 1910 heifers, the total cost figures of which are given in 

 Tables XI and XII, would correspond almost exactly with the data 

 shown in figures 3 je.oo 

 and 4, thus bringing 

 out the fact that on 

 the Brigham farm 

 the relative cost for 

 the different periods 

 in the growth of a 

 heifer is fairly con- 

 stant. 



The feed cost for 

 the two years aggre- 

 gates $40.69 per 

 head, and the labor 

 $8, making a total of 

 $48.69 for both feed 

 and labor. 



















































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Fig. 4. — Chart showing the cost of feed and labor required 

 in raising a dairy heifer the second year. Feed, $16.11 ; 

 labor, $2.86. 



labor make up the greatest portion of the expense of raising a heifer, 

 there are other items that must be considered in order to know the 

 total cost of a 2-year-old heifer. These items are discussed in con- 

 nection with Table IX, which gives the complete figures on this same 

 1909 group of calve& from birth until ready to enter the dairy herd. 



Table IX. — Total cost of a calf from birth until it enters the dairy herd (aver- 

 age per head for the 1909 group). 





First year. 



Second year. 



Total. 



Item of cost. 



Actual 

 cost. 



Per cent. 



Actual 

 cost. 



Per cent. 



Actual 

 cost. 



Per cent. 



Feed : 



$24. 58 

 5.14 

 1.12 

 1.57 



.55 

 1.00 



.28 

 1.71 



68.4 

 14.3 



3.1 

 4.4 

 1.5 



2.8 



.8 



4.7 



$16. 11 



2.86 



2.53 



.81 



62.8 

 11.0 

 9.9 

 3.1 



$40. 69 

 8.00 

 3.65 

 2.38 



.55 

 3.00 



.44 

 2.93 



.42 



65.6 



Labor 





5.9 



3.8 



9 





Equipment 



Bedding 



2.00 



.16 



1.22 



7.8 



.6 



4.8 





Miscellaneous expenses 



7 



General expenses 





Losses by death and discarding 



7 













Total 



35.95 

 3.00 



100 



25.69 

 5.00 



100 



62.06 

 8.00 



100 



Credit, manure 











Total cost of raising 



32. 95 

 7.00 





20.69 





54.06 

 7.00 





Initial value of calf 



















Total net cost 



39.95 





20.69 





61.06 













