FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 29 



There were only 13 cows there the whole year. We take 

 the number of months of all these parts of the year and add 

 them up and divide by 12, which makes just 16 cows. The man 

 labor or labor to feed and care for the cows was $575-45, 24 per 

 cent, $35.97 per cow and $.104 per pound of butter. The horse 

 labor, hauling the mill feed, going to the mill, delivering the 

 butter in Freeport, was $106.16. The equipment was $113.13, 

 depreciation of the value of the spring wa^on, the churn, all the 

 equipment such as butter crocks, etc. The interest was $105.34. 

 The rent we charged on the buildings was $120 and the feed con- 

 sumed was valued at $1,206.14. The miscellaneous expenses- 

 were $43.55, consisting of a whole lot of small items. Some- 

 times I don't have enough fat and I bought $128.57 worth of 

 fat, making the total expenses of the cows $2,398.34. The but- 

 ter expense per cow was $149.90, or almost $150. It cost 43.5 

 cents per pound of butter as a total expense. That was a pretty 

 big expense. We will see it does not always depend upon the 

 expense you have, does it? If your receipts are greater than 

 your expenditures you are going to make some money. 



16 Cows 19 1 3- 1 4 — Butter 5,509.5. 



Items — Total. 



Butter 1,854.62 



Buttermilk ... 44 . 70 



Personal 38-52 



Manure 220.00 



Skim 165. II 



Stock 546 . 00 



Total 2,868.95 



Cost 2,398.34 







Per lb. 



Per Cent. 



Per Cow. 



Butter. 



66.2 



115. 91 



-337 



1.6 



2.79 



.008 



1.4 



2.41 



.007 



. 7-9 



13-75 



.040 



5-9 



10.32 



.030 



17.0 



34-12 



• -099 



100. 



179.30 



•521 





149.90 



.435 



Gain 470.61 29.40 .086 



Value of 16 cows .1,190.00 



Gain of 16 cows 470.61 



Per cent gain on money invested • 39 plus 



