1907.] Cost of Food in Production of Milk. 331 



Details of the highest and lowest costs on individual farms. 



• • 



Association 



and Period of Record. 



Average Milk per Day. 



Average per cent, of Fat. 



Average Co t of Food per 

 Day. 



Cost of Food per Gallon 

 of Milk. 



Cost of Food per Gallon of 

 Milk of 3 per cent. 1 f Fat. 



Remarks. 



1 







lb. 





d. 



d. 



d. 





Fenwick, No. 2, 1907 



34*09 



3-67 



11 -6o 



3-40 



278 



Herd where the yield of | 















milk is highest 



.Lesmanagow, 1907... 



i6*io 



4-25 



9-69 



6-02 



4-25 



Herd where the yield of ■ 













milk is lowest 



„ 1907... 



16*10 



4'25 



9*69 



0 02 



4-25 



Herd where the fat in the i 









milk is highest 



c 



btewartry, 1907 



26*50 



3-i7 



11-42 



4-31 



4-08 



Herd where the fat in the 















milk is lowest 



TT • 1 AT 



Jr enwick, JNo. 1 5 1907 



1979 



4-20 



i5-5o 



S-oo 



5-52 



1 Herds where the cost per 



,, No. 2, 1907 



:23'36 



3*59 



15-5° 



6-63 



5-54 



f day is highest 



No. 1, 1906 



20*95 



3-65 



6'oo 



2-86 



2-35 



Herd where the cost per 















day is lowest 



„ 1907 



19-79 



4-20 



15-50 



8-oo 



5-52 



Herd where the cost per | 













gallon is highest 



Cumnock, 1 907 



30-16 



3'55 



7-81 



2*59 



2-19 



Herd where the cost per i 















gallon is lowest 



Fenwick, No. 1, 1906 



19-29 



3-65 



13-50 



7-00 



5-75 



Herd where the cost per 1 















gallon is highest for 3 per 















cent, of fat 



Cumnock, 1907 



30-16 



3'55 



7-81 



2'59 



2-19 



Herd where the cost per 















gallon is lowest for 3 per 















cent, of fat 



1 



Summer Milk. — When the milk records of 1903 were in 

 progress, the experts in charge of the three stations at work 

 during the summer of that year were asked to find out the 

 number of acres of pasture and their rental which were grazed 

 by each herd. Almost the whole of the milk which was recorded 

 during that season was the produce of pasture, as little con- 

 centrated feeding stuffs were used. When the total rental of 

 the fields used by the cows alone was divided by the total 

 number of gallons of milk produced during the six months 

 over which the testing extended, it was found that the cost for 

 food for most of the herds was under \\d. per gallon of 

 milk. When this is compared with 4-36^., the average cost 

 for food during the first five months of the year, at nine stations 

 and during various years, it will be seen that at present prices 

 there is less margin for profit in winter milk than that of summer. 

 During summer the charges for labour are much lower than in 



