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BULLETIN 1069, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
MILK PRODUCTION AND COST OF FEED. 
Table 7 shows the relation of milk production to cost of roughage, 
cost of grain, and total cost of feed. The table is a continuation of 
Table 6. 
Table 7.- 
-Relation of milk production to cost of feed where the product was 
sold as whole milk. 
Number 
of 
records. 
Average 
milk 
produc- 
tion. 
Average cost of feed. 
Group No. 
R .°l gh " Grain. 
age. 
Total. 
1 
16 
Pounds. 
1,662 
3,250 
4,605 
5,970 
7,429 
8,918 
10, 354 
11,881 
13, 250 
15, 042 
16, 076 
17, 387 
18, 207 
18,894 
20, 168 
S28. 74 S10. 43 
$39.17 
2 
3 ; 
4 
5 
6. 
223 
724 
927 
671 
371 
181 
58 
34 
7 
4 
1 
1 
32.69 
33.15 
35.09 
38.18 
. 42.36 
45.66 
50.63 
51.39 
49.03 
55.80 
49.20 
57.92 
48.99 
• 56. 40 
17.26 
23. 79 
29.09 
34.62 
41.65 
48.38 
59.75 
63.45 
58.59 
84.24 
77.74 
119. 24 
100.56 
108. 29 
49.95 
56.94 
64.18 
72.80 
84.01 
7 
8 
94.04 
110. 38 
9 
114.84 
10 
11 
12 
13 
107. 62 
140.04 
126.94 
177. 16 
11 
1 
1 
149. 55 
15 
164.69 
Total 
3, 220 
6,575 37.06 i 31.81 1 68.87 
u, 
This tabulation is similar to Table 3, in which the income was from 
the sale of butterfat, but Table 7 shows a more rapid increase in the 
cost of roughage for each successive group as milk production in- 
creased from Groups 1 to 9. The average cost of roughage was more 
than If times as high for Group 9 as for Group 1, the cost of grain 
was more than 6 times as high for Group 9 as for Group 1, and the 
total cost of feed was almost 3 times as high for Group 9 as for 
Group 1. Beyond Group 9 there were comparatively few records in 
each group. 
Table S. — Relation of milk production to returns for $1 expended for feed and 
to feed cost per 100 pounds <if milk ichere product was sold as whole milk. 
Group No. 
Number 
of 
records. 
Average 
milk 
produc- 
tion. 
Average 
returns 
for SI 
expended 
for feed. 
Average 
feed cost 
per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
1.. 
16 
223 
724 
927 
671 
371 
181 
58 
34 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Pounds. 
1,662 
3,250 
4,605 
5,970 
7,429 
8,918 
10,354 
11,881 
13, 250 
15,042 
16, 076 
17,387 
18, 207 
18,894 
20, 168 
SI. 09 
1.64 
2.05 
2.29 
2.45 
2.57 
2.66 
2.64 
2.90 
3.08 
2.57 
2.76 
2.20 
2.91 
2.35 
S2.36 
2 
1.54 
3 
1.24 
4 
1.07 
.98 
6 
.94 
7 
.91 
8 
.93 
9 
.87 
10 
.72 
11 
.87 
12 
.73 
13 
.97 
14 
.79 
15 
.82 
Total 
3,220 
6,575 
2.34 
1.05 
