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tains ample nutrients for cows giving the amount of milk and 

 butter fat that these cows were producing. It might have been 

 better to have fed a few pounds of bran instead of so much grano- 

 gluten for the ration contains an abundance of protein. There 

 were only a few cows that required that amount of protein. 



Yearly Record of Best and Poorest Cow in Herd " N," and Average for 



Entire Herd. 



Milk, It). Fat, %. Fat, lb. Butter, lb. 



Best cow. Pet 8230 5.03 414 483 



Poorest cow, Mamie 1986 4.78 95 111 



Average record of entire herd 5642 4.68 264 308 



Pet charged 33.1 cents to make 100 pounds of milk, and 

 6.5 cents to make one pound of butter fat. 



• Mamie charged 1.05 cents to make 100 pounds of milk, and 

 22 cents to make one pound of butter fat. 



The average cost to produce 100 pounds of milk was 43.0 

 cents and 9.2 cents to produce one pound of butter fat. 



Pet gave the largest profit which was $69.58 and Mamie 

 the least, which was 84 cents. 



The average profit for each cow in the dairy was $38.77. 



In the tables that give the net profit of this herd, it will be 

 noticed that a few cows charged but little for their board. For 

 example: Pink charged only $9.87 for her keep. This would 

 seem almost impossible unless we note that she dropped her calf 

 in the spring and went dry in the fall, and moreover, we should 

 remember that when a cow is dry she is not charged for any 

 feed or roughage that she consumes. Pink made nearly all her 

 record upon grass pasture and consequently received but little 

 grain. This is in substance true of all the cows that charged 

 less than $20.00 for their keeping. 



It should be observed that Pet and Gazelle charged but 

 little to produce butter fat. How important this is to the farmer 

 who sells his milk by the test. It would be hard to imagine any 

 conditions under which these cows would not return a good 

 profit for they produce butter fat and milk so economically. 



