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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Summary of the Four Systems. 



System. No. 1 



Acres corn 38 



Acres rye in corn 



Acres oats 38 



Acres timothy 19 



Acres clover 



Acres clover and timothy... 



Acres pasture 57 



Acres alfalfa 



Acres roads and yards ...... 8 



Total. .„ 160~ 



Lbs. digestible protein avail- 26,804 



able 



Total digestible nutrients 245,182 



available 



No. men required 3 



No. horses required 4 



Acres to support horses.... 15.9 



Acres required per cow 3.6 



Herd in cow equivalent 38 



Bulls kept 1 



Average No. heifers raised.. 5.3 



No. old cows sold yearly.... 5.3 



No. calves sold yearly 23.2 



Average No. cows kept 31.7 



Average production per cow 5000 

 Total pounds milk producedl58,500 



Pounds milk per acre 991 



Value milk per acre at 



$1,53 1-3 per 100 lbs $ 15.20 



Total value milk produced.. $ 2,430.33 

 Value cows and calves sold.. 202.10 



Total value of products $ 2,632.43 



Cost of labor at $450 per man 



per year $ 1,350.00 



Interest on land at $150 per 



acre at 5%* 1,200 . 00 



Taxes 80.00 



Labor, interest and taxes... $ 2,630.00 



Amount left for profit $ 2.43 



Cost per acre to replace by 

 rock phosphate, phosphor- 

 us removed 3.8c 



Total pounds nitrogen pro- 

 duced by legumes 



Total pounds nitrogen re- 

 moved in milk and lost in 

 handling manure 1,900 



Total pounds nitrogen gain- 

 ed or lost — 1,900 



No. 3. 



No. 4. 



57 



57 



95 





(19) 



(57) 



i9 



19 





i9 



i.9 





19 







38 



38 







19 



57 



8 



8 



8 



160 



160 



160 



35,024 

 322359 



48,850 

 379,126 



4 



4.5 



5 



5 • 



17.9 



13.3 



2.6 



2.1 



51 



65 



1 



2 



7.1 



9 



7.1 



9 



31.5 



39.6 



42.9 



54 



5500 



6000 



235,950 



324,000 



"f475 



2025 



$ 22.62 



$ 31.05 



$3,617.90 



$4,968.00 



272.00 



343.80 



$3,889.90 



$1,800.00 



1,225.00 

 85,00 



$3,110.00 

 $ 780.00 



5c 

 2,610 



$5,311.80 



$2,025.00 



1,250.00 

 90-00 



$3,365.00 

 $1,947.00 



80,237 



617,730 



6-5 



6 



12 



1.4 



100 



2 



14 



14 



61.6 



84 



6000 



504,000 



3150 



$ 48.30 



$7,728.00 

 534.80 



$8,262.80 



$2,925.00 



1,310.00 

 100.00 



$4,335.00 

 $3,928.00 



6.5c 10c 



5,420 10,830 



2,500 

 110 



3,140 

 2,280 



5,000 

 5,830 



*The interest is computed on $150 land for system No. 1, and to 

 make allowance for building for the larger herds, from $500 to $2,200 are 

 added to the investment for each of the other systems. The taxes are 

 increased in proportion to the size of the buildings and herd. 



