162 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



scrub dairy man might get 120,000 pounds of milk in a year 

 from 40 cows, or an average of 3,0i00 pounds each, while he 

 could get the same size milk check from 30 cows producing 

 4,000 pounds each, or from 15 cows producing 8,000 pounds 

 each, or from 12 cows producing 10,000 pounds each. 



Bearing this fact in mind, the U. S. Dairy Division has 

 recently completed work which shows that cows producing 

 100 pounds fat in a year returned over cost of feed, $10.00 

 apiece. Cows producing 400 pounds fat in a year gave an 

 average of $106.00 above cost of feed. In other words, 

 the cows had to produce only four times as much butterfat 

 to become over ten times more profitable! To double the 

 net profit of a poor cows requires but a slight increase in fat 

 production. 



From these figures it is easily seen that with twelve 

 good cows the income above feed cost is just as great as 

 with forty poor cows and the labor involved in taking care 

 of them is about one-fourth of that of the larger herd. The 

 dairy business is not any different from any other businesses 

 in many respects. — H. R. Lascelles, Report of Colorado 

 CTAs. 



10% Found Unprofitable by C. T. A. 



The cow testing work here in Wisconsin has not been 

 so popular during' the last few months largely because feed 

 prices have been so high and the prices paid for dairy prod- 

 ucts have been low. Of course that is the very time when 

 farmers should join, but they are hesitating instead. I be- 

 lieve this is the time for us to do more close culling of our 

 herds and eliminating of cows that cannot make at least 

 200 lbs. of butterfat. Our herd averages should be at least 

 around 300 lbs. The several thousand cows producing un- 

 der 200 lbs. of fat in this state if put on the block would 

 raise the price of milk considerably here in this state. We 

 have found as many as 10% of our cows unprofitable in 

 C. T. A. work. If 10% of the cows in Wisconsin were dis- 

 posed of, it would mean over 2,000 would go to the block 

 and I believe there are fully as many here. 



Every farmer should have a set of drinking cups in his 



