COST OF PRODUCTION 1 65 



WHAT IT COSTS TO PRODUCE MILK 



At the New Jersey agricultural college farm the 

 writer kept records of a herd of about 40 cows for 

 7 years, beginning April i, 1896. These records in- 

 clude the cost of labor, the kind, amount and cost 

 of foods eaten by the dairy herd and the amount of 

 milk produced by each cow. The cost for the year 

 ending April i, 1903, is here reported. The herd 

 averaged 34 cows. 



The Kind, Amount and Cost of Foods for Thirty-four 

 Cows for One Year, April i, 1902, to April i, 1903 



Amount Fed Crst 



Lbs. per Ton Total 



Wheat bran 26,000 $20 40 $265 20 



Dried grains 3S,Soo 1890 335 48 



Buckwheat middlings... 1,500 14 00 10 50 



Wheat middlings 3,000 20 00 • 3000 



Rice meal 4.500 20 00 45 00 



Gluten meal 3,000 24 25 36 yj 



Cottonseed meal S,400 29 00 78 30 



Hominy meal 3,000 2400 3600 



Cost of feeds $83685 



Soiling crops 360,000 $1 60 $288 00 



Silage 234,000 2 40 280 80 



Dried cornstalks 20,000 4 00 40 00 



Mixed hay 16,000 S 00 40 00 



Roughage 648 80 



Total cost of food $1,485 65 



Total cost of food $1,485 65 



Cost per cow per day ii-97 cents 



Cost of feeds 836 85 



Cost per cow per day 6.74 cents 



Cost of roughage 648 80 



Cost per cow per day 5.23 cents 



Total yield of milk 98,574 quarts 



Average per cow per day 7.94 " 



Cost of food per quart 1.51 cents 



Cost of feed per quart .85 " 



Cost of roughage per quart .66 " 



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