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Let us suppose that it costs $10.00 more apiece to board the 

 cow?, which is possible when prices of feed are very high, and we 

 have the following results : 



Table ^3. 



Number of Cost of Net. Net. 



Cow. Feed. Profit. Loss. 



8 $45.03 $41.97 



13 44.09 5.58 ..... 



If the prices of butter fat were only 20 cents a pound, instead 

 of 25 cents, and the cost of their feed being the same, as assumed 

 in table — the results would be as follows : 



Table 14. 



Number of Cost of Net. Net. 



Cow. Feed. Profit. Loss. 



8 $45.03 $23.97 



13 44.09 $2.89 



Table 15. — Showing Profit or Loss for Each Cow in Herd "R" for One Year. 

 Group 1. — Kept at a Loss. 



Profit 



No. of Butter Gross Cost of or 



Cow. Milk, lb. Fat, %. Fat, lb. lb. Returns. Feed. Loss. 



3 4030 3.45 139 162 $28.05 $28.18 $.13 



Group 2. — Kept at a Small Profit. 



20 5667 2.96 168 196 $39.46 $36. 0& $3.37 



16 5150 3.42 176 205 42.95 35.03 7.92 



22 5286 3.20 169 197 42.88 34.03 8.85 



25 4177 2.73 114 133 26.47 17.49 8.98 



1 5367 3.43 184 215 44.78 34.10 10.68 



Group 3. — Kept at a Fair Profit. 



11 6201 2.85 177 217 $43.22 $31.06 $12.16 



15 3869 3.52 136 159 32.74 18.85 13.89 



4 5234 3.84 201 235 49.32 34.01 15.31 



5 6618 3.05 202 236 50.40 35.03 15.37 



13 6252 3.29 206 240 49.67 34.09 15.58 



Group 4. — Kept at a Very Fair Profit. 



2 7114 2.68 191 223 $49.56 $33.03 $16.53 



14 4983 4.01 200 233 49.75 33.01 16.74 



26 6952 3.05 212 247 53.60 34.03 19.57 



33 5944 3.18 219 256 53.00 33.09 19.91 



35 5202 3.17 165 193 39.67 18.96 20.71 



30 6695 3.11 208 243 48.92 27.90 21.02 



29 4717 3.46 163 190 37.27 16.11 21.16 



