130 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Milk Receipts Per Cow — . Receipts 



2,000 to 3,000 $ 43 



4,000 to 5,000 57 



5,000 to 6,000 72 



6,000 to 7,000 87 



7,000 to 8,000 115 



8,000 and above 134 



The average receipts per cow were $84. 



The miHTand stock receipts per cow, including calves that 

 were sold, and any old cows that were sold, ran from $49 up to 

 $145, the average being $88. 



This slide is a very important one, showing the production 

 per cow to labor income. This is pounds of milk per cow, di- 

 vided up as before. Labor income was minus .$184. What does 

 that mean ? It means that we have some men in Illinois that are 

 very much in love with the dairy business — so much so that 

 they not only work for nothing and board themselves, but pay 

 $184 a year for the privilege. When they produce from three 

 to four thousand pounds, the labor income is $50 for all the 

 work for the year. If the man had hired out and loaned his 

 money at 5% and worked for $50, he would have been just as 

 well off. When they produce from four to five thousand pounds 

 per cow, he has $494 to pay for all his labor. Five to six thou- 

 sand pounds, he has $526; six to seven thousand pounds, $808; 

 seven to eight thousand pounds, $1,217; eight to nine thousand 

 pounds, $1,324; and over nine thousand pounds, $2,000. 



That shows in a very striking way that the production per 

 cow is one of the main features in. making money on the dairy 

 farm. We are never going to get anywhere by keeping cows 

 that do not pay expenses in the herd. 



Question : I do not understand just what you mean by 

 labor income. 



Mr. Fraser : The labor income is after everything is done 

 on the farm. It pays for his manual labor and his brain work. 

 If a man makes $2,000 he is getting some returns for his brain 



