6 BULLETIlSr 972, U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 2. — Quantities of various classes of feeds required and expenses incurred for keeping 

 a cow during each season and for entire year. 



Item. 



Winter. 



Summer. 



Entire 

 year. 





497.1 

 2,938 



492.3 



2,885 



494.7 



Average production 



pounds.. 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



5,823 



Feed: 



Purchased 



Home-grown grains 



129 



1,082 



34 



284 



163 

 1,366 



Total concentrates 



1,211 



318 



1, 529 



TTanling fl.Tid grinrling cnncentrates 



$0.48 



$0.12 



$0.60 





pounds.. 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 





Noncommercial roughage 



Commercial carbohydrate hay 



ComTnerclal legume hay 



656 



183 



1,959 



363 



69 



1,045 



1,019 



252 



3,004 



Total dry roughage 



2,798 



1,477 



4,275 



Silage and other succulent roughage 



2,749 



$3.18 



325 



844 



$18. 83 



15 



3,593 

 $22. 01 



Bedding 



pounds.. 



hours 



do.... 



340 



Labor: 



Human 



Horse 



58.2 

 1.9 



55.4 

 2.3 



113.6 

 3.2 









Other costs: 



"Rnilding charges . 



$5.48 

 2.81 



.93 

 3.93 

 4.64 



.01 

 5.31 



$5.53 

 2.84 



.94 

 3.96 

 3.55 



.36 

 6.06 



$11.01 



Equipment charges and dairy suppUes. 



5.65 



Herd charges: Taxes, insurance, veterinary service, 

 disinfectants 



medicines, and 



1.87 



Interest on cow investment 



7.89 



Cost of keeping bull 



8.19 



Motor-truck charge 



.37 



Cash hanlinc of milk . 



11.37 









Total other costs except depreciation on cows 



23.11 

 2.38 



23.24 

 . 2.40 



46.35 



Depreciation on cows - - 



4.78 









Total other costs 



25.49 



25.64 



51.13 







CREDIT FOR CALVES. 



The large credit of 1.02 calves per cow during the second year, as 

 shown in Table 3, was due to many cows entering the herd at freshen- 

 ing time and remaining only a fractional part of the year. The 

 effect of war prices is reflected in the larger average value of calves 

 during the second year. 



Table 3. — Total credit for calves produced, by years and by seasons. 



Item. 



Credit by years. 



Credit by season <;. 



Both winters. Both summers. 



Number of calves , 



Total value of calves , 



Average value of calves 



Calves per cow 



Credit per cow 



Credit per 100 pounds of milk. 



231 



$1, 752. 59 



7. 59 



0. 86 of 1 calf. 



$6.53 



0.01 of 1 calf. 



232 



$4,383.50 



18.89 



1.02 calves. 



$19. 35 



0.02 of 1 calf. 



250 



$3,600.45 



14.40 



1 0.5 of 1 calf. 



1 $7. 24 



0.02 of 1 calf. 



213 



$2,535.61 



11.90 



1 0.43 of 1 calf. 



1 $5. 15 



0.01 of 1 calf. 



I These figures are the averages for the respective seasons. 



