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comparatively large amount of labor and feed required during the 

 summer. 



Table 7. — Requirements for keeping a bull, based on averages obtained from 

 the equivalent of 27.1 bulls. 



Item. 



Average 

 of two 

 winters. 



Average 



of two 



summers. 



Average 

 for 

 year. 



Feed: 



Purchased concentrates 



Home-grown grains. . .? 



pounds.. 



do 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



162 

 57 



104 

 13 



266 

 70 



Total concentrates 



219 



117 



336 



Dry roughage: 



Noncommercial 



Commercial carbohydrate hay 



Commercial legume hay 



56 



2,894 



765 



68 



2,717 



234 



124 



5.611 



999 



Total dry roughage 



3,715 



3,019 



6,734 



Silage and other succulent roughage 



1,819 

 269 



577 



2,396 

 269 





1.92 



1.92 





hours.. 



dollars.. 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 







Human labor 



22.3 



15.4 



37.7 



Other costs: 



Interest on bull investment 



Bull's share of buildings 



3.06 

 4.13 



3.55 

 3.47 



6.61 

 7.60 



Total of other costs 



Appreciation on bull 



7.19 

 1.09 



7.02 

 .99 



14.21 

 2.08 





6.10 



6.03 



12.13 



The appreciation was due to the fact that in the first inventory 

 the value of the bulls was placed at $125 a head. While in the herd 

 they increased in size and thus increased their selling price when 

 sold for beef. 



FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF MILK. 



FEED. 



The cost of hauling purchased concentrates varied from 50 cents 

 to $1.50 a ton and the grinding charges ranged from 6 cents to 12 

 cents for each 100 pounds of grain. The quantities of the different 

 kinds of feed were obtained from actual weights made by the cow 

 tester during one full day of each month. The quantities were also 

 checked frequently by the field agent. 



Concentrates is a term applied to grains and to manufactured by- 

 products suitable for feeding: The concentrates are low : in fiber and 

 contain a large amount of nutritive material in a relatively small 

 bulk. 



Home-grown grams consist of concentrates commonly grown on 

 the farm or in the locality where fed. 



Noncommercial dry roughage applies to corn stover, corn fodder, 

 and other dry, coarse feeds for which price quotations are not given 

 in the trade papers. The term is also applied to hay so foul with 

 weeds or so damaged in curing as not to be readily salable. 

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