TOIO 



Cost of Milk Production. 



[JAN., 



Note. — ^The minimum wage is higher in many counties than 

 the above. A large proportion of cowmen are paid in excess 

 of the minimum wage. 



(ii.) Daily Maintenance Ration per cow whether dry or in 

 milk : — 12 lb. hay at 140s. per ton, 9-00 pence ; 8 lb. straw at 

 50S. per ton, 2 -16 pence ; 56 lb. roots at 27s. per ton, 8- 10 pence. 

 Total, 19-26 pence. 



These foods, being in the majority of cases home-grown, are 

 calculated at the cost of production and not at market values. 



(iii.) Production Ration for Cows in Milk. — 3 lb. of cake (or 

 its equivalent in some other form of concentrated food) for 

 each gallon of milk at a cost of £25 per ton, less manurial value 

 at 66s. 6d. per ton, i.e., £21 13s. 6d. per ton net, equals 6*97 pence 

 per gal. 



(iv.) Depreciation per cow at the rate oi £^ per annum equals 

 3-33 pence daily. 



(v.) Costs of [a) proportion of rent and rates, (6) repairs, 

 (c) depreciation on machinery, {d) dehvery, are off-set by the 

 value of calves born. 



On the above data, the cost of production in respect of 

 cows in milk varies in proportion to the yield per cow, as 

 under : — 



Table A. 



Yield of 



Milk 



PER Cow 



PER Day 







Items. 



2 gal. 



1 1 gal. 



Jl gal. 



1 1 gal. 



J gal. 



Labour 



8-63 



8-63 



8*63 



8-63 



8*63 



Maintenance ration . . 



19*26 



19*26 



19*26 



19*26 



19*26 



Production ration . . 



13*94 



12*20 



io'45 



8*71 



6*97 



Depreciation 



3*33 



3*33 



3*33 



3*33 



3*33 



Cost per cow daily . . 



45*16 



43*42 



41*67 



39*93 



38-19 



Cost per gal. of milk 













in pence . . 



22-58 



24*81 



27*78 



31*94 



38*19 



In addition to the cost of maintaining those cows that are in 

 milk, there is the added cost of those cows that are dry. The 

 following figures show the costs in pence that have to be added 

 for the maintenance ration of dry cows, in proportion to the 

 various yields per cow in milk : — 



Table B. 



Basis of Yield per 



Cow in Milk. 2 gal. Jf gal. i\ gal. J J gal. i gal. 

 In case there is one 

 dry cow to two in 



milk . . . . 4*82 5*50 6*42 7*70 9*63 

 In case there is one 

 dry cow to three in 



milk .. 3*21 3-69 4-28 5*14 6*42 



