THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 325 



NEW TABLE THAT ANSWERS THE GREAT 



ECONOMIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 



INDIVIDUAL COWS IN ANY HERD, 



AND HOW TO USE IT. 



By 



WILBER J. FRASER. 

 Chief in Dairy Husbandry, and Published by Illinois Experiment Station. 



How much is this cow worth? And that one? 



How much milk and how much butter fat does she produce 

 per year? 



What profit will she return each year ? 



What is the cost of her feed for one year? Of the labor? 

 What are the other expenses and depreciation? 



What is the value per year of the skim milk? Of the 

 manure ? 



Will the skim milk, calf and manure pay all expenses except 

 feed? 



These are vital questions (financially) for every dairyman, 

 concerning every individual cow in his herd. If he will answer 

 the second question, the table on pages 328"31 will answer the 

 other nine. It is a ready reckoner of cow economics. 



Tne efficient cow is the chief factor in making money on a 

 dairy farm. Good dairying is one of the most remunerative lines 

 of farming, and for this reason even poor, unbusiness-like dairy- 

 ing may result in some gain. As a rule the average, or even the 

 best dairymen, neither know nor suspect the extent to which the 

 profit or loss from each individual cow affects the profit received 

 from the whole herd. The profit on the good cows covers up the 

 loss on the poor ones, and thus the owner fails to see how easily 



