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pasture. The cows were an inferior lot and it is doubtful if they 

 would have responded sufficiently to warrant the feeding of an 

 expensive ration, yet it is probably true that much better returns 

 would have been obtained had they been nourished sufficiently 

 to prolong their lactation to a reasonable length. Many of the 

 cows were unprofitable, some gave a good return. The large re- 

 turn in herd 24 is the result of good breeding and care, both of 

 which were absent in herd 23. Herd 20 illustrates an average 

 herd and is inserted for comparison with 23 and 24. 



TABLE FIVE. 



Herd No. 7, F. E. 



Table Showing Profit Per Cow When the Average Cost for Food Is 



$35.00 Per Year. 



No of 

 Cow. 



1 . .. 



2 . .. 



3 ... 



4 . .. 



Lb. 



Milk 



5082.4 



3412.1 



4114.5 



4417.0 



5 4131.8 



4,397.2 

 .4190.8 

 ,5506.8 

 4842.7 

 5152.2 



Per Cent 

 Fat. 

 3.61 

 3.78 

 3.72 

 4.29 

 3.76 

 3.77 

 3.25 

 4.77 

 2.89 

 3.71 



Total 

 Fat. 

 183.70 

 128.96 

 148.61 

 189.86 

 155.51 

 165.97 

 136.58 

 264.01 

 140.21 

 191.58 



Value B. F. 



25c It). 



$45.90 

 32.24 

 37.15 

 47.45 

 38.88 

 41.49 

 34.14 

 71.00 

 35.05 

 47.90 



Cost 

 Food. 

 $35.00 

 .35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 



Total $431.20 $,350.00 



Average profit per cow 



Omitting No. 8, average profit per cow 



Less Cows — More Money. 



Profit. 

 $10.90 



2.76 



2.15 



12.45 



3.88 



6.49 



.86 



36.00 



.05 



12.90 



$81.20 

 . . ?8.12 

 . . 5.02 



1 

 4 

 6 



8 



10 



5081.4 

 4417.0 

 4397.2 

 5506.8 

 5152.2 



3.61 



4.29 

 3.77 

 4.77 

 3.71 



183.70 

 189.83 

 165.97 

 264.01 

 191.58 



45.90 

 47.45 

 41.49 

 71.00 



47.00 



£35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 

 35.00 



$10.90 



12.45 



6.49 



36.00 



12.90 



Total 



Average profit per cow 

 Gain 



$253.74 



$175.00 $78.74 

 . $15.74 



. 7.62 



I wish to call your attention now to table 5, which gives the 

 production of each cow in herd seven and the net profit per cow, 

 when the average cost for food is $35 per year. I have taken 



