1922 ] 



Value of Food Records. 



991 



The yield of milk per cow per day is now recognised by the 

 best farmers as an important factor influencing the cost of food 

 per gallon of milk, yet there are still some farms where the milk 

 yield ranges round 1J gallons per cow. 









Yield of Milk 



Cost of Food 



Herd. 



Date of Visit. 



per i'o w per day. 



per gallon. 









lb. 



pence. 



AV 





Feb. 1 



11-61 



22-62 



J 





Den. 8 



• 15-03 



1927 



BQ 





Feb. 22 



22 78 



14-39 



BP 





Feb. 18 



3147 



12-11 



BT 





March 18 



34-56 



9-80 



Similarly there has been an 



enormous variation in the cost 



food per cow per dav : — ri . 7 , . n 



r r Daily ration 'per Cow. 



Cost of Food 



Herd. 



Date of Visit. 



Roots. 



Fodder. Cakes & M mis. 



per Cow per day. 







lb. 



lb. lb. 



pence. 



AQ .. 



Dec. 22 



... nil . 



.. 18 ... 2 



17-63 



AL .. 



March 9 



... 40 . 



.. 16 ... 6£ 



24-58 



AD .. 



Jan. 5 



... 60 . 



.. 14 ... lh 



31-40 



AT .. 



Jan. 4 



... 101 



.. 19| ... 5" 



37-52 



BB ... 



Dec. 4 



... 62 . 



.. 10 ... 17 



4374 



G .. 



Dec. 9 



... 73 



.. 10 ... m 



49-24 



BF .. 



Nov. 19 



... 124 



.. 17 ... 12 



54-00 



In all cases, it must be remembered, roots, hay and straw 

 have been valued at the same price per ton. Every farmer has 

 almost equal opportunities of buying concentrated feeding stuffs 

 at the same prices; yet the cost of the ration has varied from 

 less than Is. 6d. per cow per day in one case to more than 4s. 

 per cow per day in another. The quantity of milk a cow is 

 giving should determine to a large extent the amount of food 

 it receives, and in many herds each cow is now being fed accord- 

 ing to the quantity of milk it gives, but several cases were found 

 where herds as a w T hole were being grossly over-fed and other 

 cases where they were being grossly under-fed. . 



The important figure, from the farmer's point of view, is 

 the cost of food per gallon of milk 

 the different farms as much as the other 

 quoted : — 



Herd. 



This figure has varied on 

 figures already 



BP 

 A 

 AN 

 BA 

 BD 

 BF 



Date. 



April 10 

 Nov. 22 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 18 

 Dec. 31 

 Nov. 19 



Cost of Food 

 per gall, of milk. 

 pence. 

 8-30 

 10-37 

 15-56 

 21-43 



25- 21 



26- 22 



