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was worth $60.00, while that of five other cows was worth only $58.00. 



Thus the owner received at the creamery $2.00 less for the milk of 

 five cows than he did for that of two cows in the same herd. 



The entire herd of twelve cows owned by one farmer only paid a 

 profit of $75.00 in a year, and three of the twelve cows paid $50.00 of this 

 amount, leaving $25.00 as the combined profit of the other nine cows in 

 the herd. 



Another herd of twelve cows pa;d a profit of $228.00 in a year, but 

 in this herd there was one cow that earned only $8.00 profit, and another 

 that earned $31.00 profit, a difference of about 400 per cent in the annual 

 butter value of these two cows to their owner. 



Many more startling illustrations might be given from the records 

 of the different herds, but a summary statement of the best and the poor- 

 est cows is sufficient to show the value of this kind of work to the far- 

 mer. 



Table showing variations during one year in the butter value of the 

 cows in each herd: 



CREAMERY PAID 



CREAMERY VALUE OF 



Patron 



A— 1898 . 

 A— 1900 . 

 A— 1901 . 

 B— 1898 . 

 C— 1898 . 

 JD— 1898 . 



r>-i900 



£—1898 . 

 E— 1900 . 

 E-1901 . 

 F— 1898 

 F— 1900 

 G— 1900 

 H— 1900 

 H— 1901 

 1—1901 . 

 J— 1901 . 

 K— 1900 

 £— 2901 , 



No. of 













Cows 



Total 



Average 



Besl 



Poorest 



Average 



in herd. 



Cash. 



per cow. 



Cow. 



Cow. 



Cow. 



12 



$421 



$35.11 



$53.35 



$28.72 



$36.30 



11 



405 



36.82 



82.23 



20.1S 



39.20 



11 



424 



38.56 



64.93 



23.51 



38.92 



5 



..(1) 





58.21 



44. S3 



50.00 



12 



572 



47.70 



60.72 



37.9'5 



48.83 



6 



228 



38.00 



55.49 



39.60 



44.12 



6 







51.28 



28.40 



44.42 



5 



227 



45.40 



67.47 



44.40 



58.40 



5 







68.16 



43.47 



61.20 



4 







70.72 



59.47 



62.11 



9 







60.29 



34.00 





7 







58.70 



31.90 



44.00 



14 



563 



40.00 



72.21 



39.32 



56.57 



8 



358 



44.75 



66.08 



17.23 



50.00 



8 



332 



41.50 



62.71 



46.65 



56.00 



• 24 







67.85 



14.56 



39.00 



7 



270 



38.60 



51.14 



37.58 



46.00 



8 



293 



37.00 



54.61 



22.35 



39.00 



8 



248 



31.00 



46.81 



36.69 



42.00 



