DAIRY ARITHMETIC 129 
$50.00 per ton, the cost of producing milk in 
good, fair and poor cows is as follows: 
Lb. Quarts | Quarts | Cost of gis ee as hg Re of 
Cow,| Milk | Milk | Milk | Food per] 72% 7% ayitOr od: Der 
No er per er Da Body: Mills Quart of 
‘ Ree Pe nee Boe Building, |Production,} Milk, 
i 2 G : Cents. Cents. Cents. 
8500 | 3953 | II 40 16 24 3.66 
2 | 5500) 2558 | 7 29 143 143 4.14 
3000 | 1348 2.7 23 14 9 6.21 
THE PRODUCT 
FarM PRODUCE Is THE RAw MATERIAL, COWS ARE THE MACHINES, 
MILK IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT 
Farm Produce Cows Milk 
30 tons hay 20 extra cows 170,000 ibs. 
oO . 
100 tons ensilage Passed ay Will of 
27 fair cows 148,500 lbs. 
through produce 
40 tons green feed or or 
35 tons grain 35 poor cows 105,000 lbs. 
Collective Hauling 
At eleven milk shipping stations in New York 
State, 453 farmers’ wagons are used to haul 1181 
4o-quart cans of milk an average distance of 
3 miles. Allowing only one horse and one man 
for each wagon and two hours as average time away 
from farm work the cost is per day as follows: 
453 men, 2 hrs. at 30 c. perhr... $ 271.80 
453 horses 2 hrs. at 20 c. per hr... 181.20 
Total cost per day......... 453.00 
Total cost per Veate: s. 4252. $165,458.25 
