LBS. 



oz. 



98 







24 



6 



131 



10 



32 



14 



92 



2 



19 



8 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERrMENT STATION. 115 



AGNES. 



Agnes dropped a calf on Sept. 8th, 1888, and again on 

 Sept. 13th, 1889. 



Cream from Sept. 13th to Oct 5th, 1888, 



Butter " " " " " " " 



Ratio butter to cream, 1 : 4.0. 



Cream from Feb. 3rd to March 1st, 1889, 



Butter " " " " " " " 



Ratio butter to cream, 1 : 4.0. 



Cream from July 20th to Aug, 18th, 1889, 



Butter " " '' " " " " 



Ratio butter to cream, 1 : 4.7. 



IDA. 



Ida dropped a calf on Aug. 26th, 1888, and again on 

 Aug. 28th, 1889. 



Cream from Sept. 1st to 23rd, 1888, 

 Butter " " " '' 

 Ratio butter to cream, 1 : 3.9. 

 Cream from Feb. 3rd to March 1st, 1889, 

 Butter " " " " " " '"' 

 Ratio butter to cream, 1:3.7. 

 Cream from June 3rd to 30th, 1889. 

 Butter •• " '' " " " 

 Ratio butter to cream, 1 : 4.1. 



Cost of Milk, Milk Solids, Fat, Cream and Butter. 



In computing the cost of the production of these cows, the food 

 is alone considered. Moreover, the cost given for the butter fat 

 and butter represents the whole value of the food, no allowance 

 being made for the other solids which are retained in the waste 

 products from butter making, and which are certainly worth some- 

 thing. If there was a recognized market price for skimmed milk 

 and butter milk, or if the skimmed milk of these animals was alike 

 in value, in short, if an allowance made for the skimmed and butter 

 milk could be anything but a purely arbitary estimate, relatively 

 unfair in any case unless based upon the percentage of solids, it 

 would be possible to calculate the case of butter on a different 

 basis. As it is, each farmer must make his own estimate of the 

 worth to him of the waste products of the dairy. 



The following table of costs is calculated from the figures given 

 in the two preceding tables : 



LBS. 



oz. 



73 







18 



12 



74 



2 



19 



8 



73 



6 



17 



14 



