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per cent more profit. It consumed $6.96 worth more feed per 

 cow but returned $17.74 more profit. 



Test IV 



Dairy Type Not Dairy Type 



Gross receipts $80.20 $48.83 



Cost of feed 23.35 22.11 



Net receipts $56.91 $26.72 



Return per $1.00 3.43 2.21 



_V* , ' , _^ 



Fig. 13. — ^Young cow, a bad rump, poorly developed ud.der, and lacking in thrift and vigor. 



The dairy- type group consumed 5.1 per cent more feed but 

 returned 112.9 per cent more profit. They average, per cow, 

 $1.24 worth more feed but returned $31.43 more for butter. 



The above " tests " represent a winter's work on from five to 

 ten cows in each group. The figures prove that, dairy pro- 

 duction alone considered, the cows of essential dairy type are 

 pronouncedly more economical and profitable than those of 

 non-dairy type. 



