MARKET MILK IN VERMONT. 7 



CREDIT FOR CALVES AND MANURE. 



CALVES. 



Most of the heifer calves were raised or sold to neighbors for rais- 

 ing. The grade bull calves were usually vealed, and the whole milk 

 sucked from the cows was credited to the herd by crediting the sell- 

 ing price of the calves and not the birth value. 



Table 5. — Credit for calves produced, by years and seasons. 







Year. 



Seasons. 



Item. 



1916-17 



1917-18 



Two 

 winters. 



Two 

 summers. 





374 



2,275.05 



6.08 



0.84 



5.13 



341 



2, 647. 37 



7.76 



0.85 



6.56 



481 



3,160-99 



6.57 



0.58 



3.86 



234 



Total value of calves 



Average value of calves 



dollars. . 



do.... 



1,761.43 

 7.53 

 0.27 







2.01 



Since the purebred cows were given the same value as grade cows 

 of like producing ability, the purebred bull calves were credited 

 to the herds at what they would have been worth when 4 days old 

 to fatten for veal and the purebred heifer calves at the value of 

 grade heifer calves. 



MANURE. 



The credit for manure was figured after taking the following fac- 

 tors into consideration : Fertilizing constituents in the feeds; 3 quanti- 

 ties of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash not utilized in the 

 bodies of the cows but voided in the manure; the per cent of the 

 total manure dropped in the barn; the per cent of manure saved in 

 the storing and handling ; the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash 

 contained in the bedding; and the value of these fertilizing con- 

 stituents saved in the manure and bedding, all being figured at 

 wholesale prices for commercial fertilizer. 



Table 6. — Credit for manure and fertilizing constituents, by seasons. 



Item. 



Winter. 



Summer. 



Manure and bedding saved: 



First year 





Tons. 



1,862.7 



1,815.4 



4.5 



Tons. 

 327.9 



Second year 







0.8 







3 Obtained from " Feeds and Feeding, 



' by Henry and Morrison. 







