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this latter demonstration test, and they were, with a few 

 possible exceptions, such as would produce a good to 

 choice grade of feeding cattle when mated to beef-bred 

 bulls of merit. Butter fat is commonly worth at least 

 20 cents per pound and skim-milk 15 cents per hundred- 

 weight. 



3. The Michigan Station has shown that the calf 

 from such cows may be made to weigh 380 pounds at six 

 months of age, when fed upon a ration of skim-milk val- 

 ued at 20 cents per hundredweight and corn, oats, bran, 

 and oil meal at prevailing prices used as supplements 

 to the skim-milk and at a cost of $3.42 per hundred- 

 weight, not counting labor. 



The items of feed and labor, including milking, in 

 caring for the cow and calf, will vary widely in different 

 sections. The labor involved would amount approxi- 

 mately to $25. The feed for the cow twelve months 

 and the calf six, from $45 to $50. 



In the above statements no account is taken of the 

 fertilizer produced by the cow and calf and this is by 

 no means an inconsiderable item. Nor is any interest 

 on the investment charged. It must be admitted that 

 in the light of available definite experimental data on 

 the subject under discussion, it is mpossible to present 

 a very satisfactory statement, and it is not claimed that 

 the one outlined is more than approximately correct. 

 It will be noted that a very large item in the above ex- 

 pense account is for labor. This must necessarily be 

 true when the cows are milked and the calves fed 

 by hand. 



There are those who have settled to their own sat- 

 isfaction that the dual-purpose cow must yearly become 

 a more important factor in the beef producing industry. 

 The writer is investigating the subject. 



