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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 arbitrary 

 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 :" 



Cost of Production. 





Jansje. 



Agnes 

 Smit. 



Nancy 

 Avon- 

 dale. 



Queen 

 Linda. 



Agnes. 



Ida. 





.7326 



.8287 



.9312 



1.007 

 1.011 



.9151 

 .8649 



.8674 

 .9648 



1.411 

 1.279 





.780 

 1.56 

 1.77 



1.67 

 5.96 

 6.64 



.931 

 2.00 

 2.00 



7.88 



1.009 



2.16 



2.17 



.890 

 1.96 

 1.85 



.916 

 1.86 

 2.06 



1 345 



Cost of milk per quart 1st year 



3 02 

 2.74 





2.16 

 7.97 

 7.85 



1.90 

 7.15 

 6.80 



1.96 

 5.87 

 6.23 



2 88 



Cost of milk solids per lb. 1st year. . 

 " " " " 2d year... 



9.08 

 8.56 





6.30 

 21.50 

 23.26 



7.88 

 28.06 



7.91 



28.68 

 29.07 



6.98 

 25.58 

 23.96 



6.05 

 16.96 

 17.76 





Cost of butter fat per lb. 1st year.. . . 



24.39 

 22.65 





22 39 

 8.05 

 10.06 



28.06 

 14.49 



28.87 

 11.88 

 11.92 



24.77 

 12.68 

 13.77 



17.35 

 7.52 

 7.79 







12.19 

 11.17 



Average 



9.05 

 20.94 



24.32 



22.63 



14.49 

 31.44 

 31.44 



11.90 

 30.40 

 31.50 



13.22 

 33.99 

 30.14 



7.65 

 15.72 

 16.22 



11.68 

 24.35 

 21.82 





30.95 



32.06 



15.96 



23.08 



Average Food Cost of Production with Breeds. 



Holstein 



Ayrshire 



(cents.) 



(cents.) 



.855 



.949 



1.83 



2.03 



7.09 



7.45 



25.22 



26.82 



11.75 



12.56 



27.03 



31.50 



Jersey 

 (cents.) 



Average cost of milk per pound 



' " " quart 



" " solids per pound. 



'• butter fat per pound 



" cream per inch 



" butter per pound 



1.130 

 2.42 



7.44 

 20.43 



9.66 

 19.52 



The above results show that the Holstein milk has cost least and 

 the Jersey milk the most, when quantity alone is considered. 

 When we come to consider the cost of the solid matter in the 

 milk, then the case is somewhat different. The Holsteins still 

 show a somewhat more economical production than the osiers, but 

 there is really only a small difference in the cost of a pound of milk 

 solids as produced by each of the three breeds. As was remarked 



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