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chiefly upon several factors, such as the price of land, the price 

 of labor, and the lay of the land. 



Price of Land. 



The price of land has a direct bearing upon the cost of pas- 

 ture and is an important factor where land values are high. If 

 pasture is to be depended upon entirely for from four to six 

 months in the year, and production is to be kept up to a profit- 

 able standard, anywhere from i to 4 acres or more must be pro- 

 vided for each cow. This is assuming that in permanent pasture 

 there is a good, clean tuft, with little or no waste places, and 

 that for temporary pasture there is a good stand of grass or 

 legumes throughout. Land which will give these conditions 

 frequently sells at from $50 to $300 an acre, and the interest on 

 the investment must necessarily also vary widely, as is showr» 

 in Tables 2 and 3. 



Table 2 — Interest on cost of pasture per cow for the season; interest at 



6 per cent on the value of the land, allowing from 1 to 4 



acres per cow. 



Acres 







—Value 



of land per 



acre 





per cow 



$25 



$50 



$100 



$150 



$200 



1 



. $1.50 



$ 3.00 



$ 6.00 



$ 9.00 



$12.00 



IV2 



. 2-25 



4.50 



9.00 



13.50 



18.00 



2 



. 3.00 



6.00 



12.00 



18.00 



24.00 



21/0 



. 3.75 



7.50 



15.00 



22.50 



30.00 



3 



. 4.50 



9.00 



18.00 



27.00 



36.00 



31/2 



. 5.25 



10.50 



21.00 



31.50 



42..00 



4 



. 6.00 



12.00 



24.00 



36.00 



48.00 



Table 3 — Cost of pasture per cow per day on basis of Table 2, with a 

 pasture season of 150 days. 



-Value of land per acre- 



Acres per cow $25 



Cents 

 1 1 



11/2 iy2 



2 2 



21/2 21/2 



3 3 



31/2 31/2 



4 4 



$50 

 Cents 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



$100 



Cents 



4 



6 



8 



10 



12 



14 



16 



$150 



Cents 



6 



9 



12 



15 



18 



21 



24 



$200 

 Cents 

 8 

 12 

 16 

 20 

 24 

 28 

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