THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



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Table 4.- 



—Herd N 



o. 3. 





No. 

 Cow 



Age 



Lb. 

 Milk 



Lb. 

 Fat 



Per Cent 

 Fat 



Profit 



Loss 



1 



7 



6921 



220 



3.18 



$ 16.65 





9 



3 



5380 



223 



4.14 



15.53 





3 



4 



-5432 



223 



4.10 



15.53 





4 



5 



6652 



226 



3.40 



18.70 





5 



6 



7461 



227 



3.04 



19.15 





6 



7 



7272 



235 



3.23 



19 00 





7 



5 



6664 



237 



3.55 



20.90 





8 



8 



7027 



240 



3.41 



21.05 





9 



7 



6512 



263 



4.04 



25.16 





10 



6 



8087 



264 



3.26 



26.04 





11 



5 



7449 



■278 



3.73 



30.15 





12 



5 



7051 



289 



4.09 



32.05 







$259.91 





Av. 





6826 



244 



3.57 



$ 21.66 





Difference in profit between best and poorest cow, $16.52. 



The notable features of this herd are that there are no cows 

 on the losing side of the account, and that the poorest cow made 

 a profit of over $15, which is more than that of the best cow in 

 many herds. While this herd contains no remarkably profitable 

 cows, the best returning but $32, as a whole the average profit — 

 $21.66 per cow — is good because no individuals were kept at a 

 loss to reduce the profits. The total absence of unprofitable 

 cows in the above herd speaks well for the manager's ability as a 

 business dairyman. With more herds like this, there would be a 

 larger number of contented dairy farmers. 



This herd of 15 cows is phenomenal in the proportion of 

 cows on the losing side of the account, and also in the excessive 

 loss on many of them. Either one of the two poorest cows lost 

 the owner almost as much money as was made by all the cows on 

 the credit side of the account. 



The inference might be that the cost of feed in Table 1 is too 

 high for this herd, but the actual fact is that some of these cows 

 were fed as much as ten pounds of grain per day, during the 

 winter. 



