FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 31 



lo Head of Young Stock. 



Icems — Total. Per Cent. Pei Head. 



Man $24.62 8.8 $2.46 



Equipment i . 10 0.4 .11 



Interest . 19.88 7.1 1.99 



Buildings 5 . 00 1.8 .50 



Feed 227 .54 80. 9 22 . 75 



Miscellaneous 3 • 00 i . 00 .30 



Total $281.14 100. 28.11 



Manure $30.00 8.3 3.00 



Stock sold 137-75 3^. ^Z-?^ 



Inc. Inv 45- 00 12.4 4.50 



Fresh heifers 150.00 4.3 i5-00 



$362.75 100. 36.28 



Cost 281.14 28.11 



Gain 81.61 8.17 



The total cost to keep 10 young cattle was $281.14 during 

 the year. The manure was worth" $30. During that spring 

 three of those heifers freshened and we valued those at $50 each, 

 or $150, making a net gain of $81.61. Taking the money in- 

 vested in the heifers and young stock, feed and all, the gain is 

 nearly 30^^ on the investment. You have not only got good 

 cows you cannot buy, but you have made 30% on the money in- 

 vested. 



Mr. Mason, Elgin : Do you market your milk to a better 

 advantage than through the bottling plants? 



Mr. Foss : I make on an average four pounds of butter 

 from 100 pounds of milk, and get as an average 34 cents a 

 pound, or $1.36, and we actually get 41 cents for the skim milk. 

 When we feed the calves we get more, about $1.75 a hundred 

 the year around. 



