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BULLETIN 955, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 9. — Net cost, quantity, and fer cent of milk produced hy each herd, during tico 



winters and two summers. 



Winter 1918-19. 



Winter 1919-20. 



Cost per 



100 

 pounds. 



Milk produced. 



Cogt per 



100 

 pounds. 



Milk produced. 



Quantity. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Cumulative 

 per cent. 



Quantity. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Ciunulative 

 per cent. 



$3.65 

 3.94 

 4.28 

 4.31 



14.34 



Pounds. 

 25,469 

 41,231 

 32, 805 

 55, 007 



Per cent. 

 4.7 

 7.6 

 16.0 

 10.1 



Per cent. 



4.7 



12.3 



18.3 



28.4 



S3. 22 

 3.74 

 4.62 

 4.75 



14.94 

 4.98 

 5.29 

 5.39 

 5.43 

 5.46 

 5.57 



2 5.57 

 5.87 

 6.14 

 6.20 

 6.49 

 6.59 

 6.74 

 6.77 

 6.90 

 6.96 



Pounds. 

 48,270 

 31,911 

 26, 030 

 27, 879 



Per cent. 

 8.4 

 5.5 

 4.5 

 4.8 



Per cent. 



8.4 

 13.9 

 18.4 

 23.2 



4.53 



4.62 



4.63 



«4.97 



28, 114 

 21, 027 

 42,384 



5.1 

 3.9 



7.8 



33.5 

 37.4 

 45.2 



29, 695 

 20, 366 

 32,758 

 31,970 

 41, 967 

 23, 593 



5.2 

 3.5 

 5.7 

 5.5 

 7.3 

 4.1 



28.4 

 31.9 

 37.6 

 43.1 



4.98 

 4.99 

 5.02 



45,478 

 25, 188 

 55, 427 

 40,610 

 20, 624 

 23, 754 

 53, 063 

 7,647 

 26, 950 



8.3 

 4.6 

 10.2 

 7.5 

 3.8 

 4.4 

 9.7 

 1.4 

 4.9 



53.5 

 58.1 

 68.3 

 75.8 

 79.6 

 84.0 

 93.7 

 95.1 

 100.0 



50.4 

 64.5 



5.34 

 5.47 

 5.67 

 6.26 

 6.30 

 6.55 



21, 289 

 13, 563 

 26, 277 

 43, 810 

 49, 597 

 33, 134 

 23, 893 

 36, 338 

 13, 608 



3.7 



2.4 

 4.6 

 7.6 

 8.6 

 5.8 

 4.1 

 6.3 

 2.4 



58.2 

 60.6 

 65.2 

 72.8 

 81.4 

 87.2 

 91.3 

 97.6 

 100.0 





544, 778 



100.0 







575,948 



100.0 













SuTriTner 1918. 



Summer 1919. 



- $2.07 



35,700 



4.4 



4.4 



$2.02 



60, 814 



7.0 



7.0 



2.08 



86,067 



10.7 



15.1 



2.06 



58, 227 



6.8 



13.8 



2.42 



78, 539 



9.7 



24.8 



2.39 



42,348 



4.9 



18.7 



2.45 



40,436 



5.0 



29.8 



2.93 



47, 959 



5.6 



24.3 



2.62 



45,251 



5.6 



35.4 



3.08 



29, 126 



3.4 



27.7 



2.82 



31, 840 



3.9 



39.3 



3.13 



36, ISO 



4.2 



31.9 



2.88 



40,251 



5.0 



44.3 



3.25 



63, 017 



7.4 



39.3 



>2.91 









3.38 

 3.49 



32, 357 

 79,340 



3.8 

 9.2 



43.1 



3.02 



36,369 



4.5 



48. 8 



52.3 



3.03 



52, 455 

 37,039 



6.5 

 4.6 



55.3 

 59.9 



2 3.51 

 3.62 









3.04 



43, 543 



5.0 



57.3 



3.13 



76,424 



9.5 



69.3 



3.80 



58, 674 



6.8 



64.1 



3.36 



70, 210 



8.7 



78.0 



3.82 



45, 902 



5.3 



69.4 



3.37 



64,837 



8.0 



86.0 



3.99 



61,723 



7.2 



76.6 



3.44 



35, 066 

 30, 209 



4.3 

 3.7 



90.4 

 94.1 



14.14 

 4.32 









3.47 



36, 643 



4.2 



80.8 



3.65 



32,043 



4.0 



98.1 



4.56 



19,376 



2.2 



83.0 



13.87 









4.60 

 4.91 



65, 992 

 16, 106 



7.7 

 1.9 



90.7 



4.47 



15, 563 



1.9 



100.0 



92.6 











4.93 



32, 188 



3.7 



96.3 











4.98 



31, 838 



3.7 



100.0 





808, 299 



100.0 







861,953 



100.0 













1 Average income. 



2 Average cost. 



The liigh price of feed made the cost of production much higher 

 than it would have been under normal conditions. A study of the 

 figures also shows that the cost of production will continue to be high 

 so long as the average production of milk per cow is so low. 



Feeding the same quantity of grain to cows bred for higher pro- 

 duction would possibly double the quantity of milk produced and 

 thereby increase the profits to the dairymen. The cattle tick has been 

 eradicated from a large part of the section, and dairymen would find 

 the milk business more profitable if they would keep better cows and 

 feed them in accordance with their productive ability. 



