PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. 5 



difference was accentuated by the fact that an entire year intervenes 

 between the two years during which the records were taken. 



The amount of human and horse labor was less than it would have 

 been had the dairymen hauled their own milk. For the most part 

 motor trucks were used to collect the milk and haul it to the Omaha 

 market. The charge for this hauling appears in Tables 1 and 2 under 

 the item ''Cash hauling of milk." The item ''Motor-truck charge" 

 was payment for the service of a motor truck owned by a dairyman 

 who hauled his own milk. 



The cost of keeping a bull is expressed in dollars in Tables 1 and 2. 

 In Table 5 the requirements for keeping a bull for one year are stated 

 in units so that current prices for feed and labor may be applied. 



The comparative size and importance of the various cash charges 

 are shown in the lower section of Tables 1 and 2. For convenience 

 the requirements for producing 100 pounds of milk and also for keep- 

 ing a cow one year are tabulated separately. 



Table 1. — Units required, except charge for management, for producing 100 pounds of 

 milk in winter and in summer. 



Item. 



Winter. 



Summa- 

 ry of t wo 

 winters. 



Summer. 



Summa- 

 ry of two 

 summers. 



1917-18 



1919-20 



1918 



1920 



Feed: 



Purchased concentrates pounds. . 



Home-grown grains do 



7.0 

 37.9 



0.9 

 35.4 



4.4 

 36.8 



1.4 

 9.1 



0.9 

 10.7 



1.2 



9.8 



Total concentrates 



44.9 



36.3 



41.2 



10.5 



11.6 



11.0 







Hauling and grinding grain 



$0,007 



$0,028 



$0. 016 



$0,001 



$0,007 



$0,004 







Noncommercial roughage pounds. . 



Commercial carbohydrate hay. .do 



Commercial legume hay do 



37.3 



7.3 



29.1 



2.3 



4.8 

 116.8 



22.3 

 6.3 

 66.7 



23.1 



1.8 



47.2 



1.7 

 3.1 

 24.9 



12.6 

 2.4 

 36.2 





73.7 



123.9 



95.3 



72.1 



29.7 



51 2 







Silage and other succulent roughage 

 pounds . . 



104.9 



$0,138 



U.O 



78.5 



$0,069 



11.1 



93.6 

 $0. 108 



in 



40.2 



$0,608 



.4 



18.0 

 $0,699 

 .6 



. 29.3 

 $0,653 



Bedding pounds. . 



.6 



Labor: 



Human hours . . 



Horse do 



2.1 

 .03 



1.9 

 .10 



2.0 

 .06 



2.2 

 .12 



1.6 

 .03 



1.9 

 .08 



Other costs: 



$0,160 

 .084 



.037 

 .119 



.098 

 .001 

 .173 



$0,222 

 .111 



.024 

 .153 

 .238 



$0,186 

 .096 



.032 

 .134 

 .158 

 .001 



.181 



$0,185 

 .097 



.043 

 .138 

 .102 

 .005 

 .167 



$0,199 

 .100 



.022 

 .137 

 .145 

 .020 

 . 2.i4 



$0 192 



Equipment charges and dairy supplies. 

 Herd charge-s; Taxes, insurance, veteri- 

 nary service, medicines, and disin- 



.099 

 .033 





. 137 



Cosl of keeping liull 



123 





.012 



Cash hauhng of milk. . . 



.190 



209 







Total other costs, except deprecia- 



.672 

 .122 



.938 

 .027 



.788 

 .081 



.737 

 .141 



.877 

 .024 



.805 



Depreciation on cows 



.084 







Total other costs 



$0,794 



$0,965 



$0. 869 



$0,878 



$0,901 



$0,889 







The summaries of the unit requirements by seasons are printed in bold-face type. 



