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BULLETIN 955, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 9. — Net cost, quantity, and per cent of milk produced by each herd, during two 
winters and tivo summers. 
Winter 1918-19. 
Winter 1919-20. 
Cost per 
100 
Milk produced. 
Cost per 
100 
Milk produced. 
pounds. 
Quantity. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Cumulative 
per cent. 
pounds. 
Quantity. 
Per cent 
of total. 
Cumulative 
percent. 
Pounds. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Pounds. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
$3.65 
25,469 
4.7 
4.7 
$3.22 
48, 270 
8.4 
8.4 
3.94 
41,231 
7.6 
12.3 
3.74 
31,911 
5.5 
13.9 
• 4.28 
32, 805 
16.0 
18.3 
4.62 
26, 030 
4.5 
18.4 
4.31 
55,007 
10.1 
28.4 
4.75 
27, 879 
4.8 
23.2 
14.34 
14.94 
4.98 
4.53 
28,114 
5.1 
33.5 
29, 695 
5.2 
28.4 
4.62 
21, 027 
3.9 
37.4 
5.29 
20, 366 
3.5 
31.9 
4.63 
42,384 
7.8 
45.2 
5.39 
32,758 
5.7 
37.6 
»4.97 
5.43 
5.46 
31,970 
41, 967 
5.5 
7.3 
43.1 
4.98 
45, 478 
8.3 
53.5 
50.4 
4.99 
25, 188 
4.6 
58.1 
5.57 
23,593 
4.1 
54.5 
5.02 
55,427 
10.2 
68.3 
2 5.57 
5.34 
40,610 
7.5 
75.8 
5.87 
21, 289 
3.7 
58.2 
5.47 
20, 624 
3.8 
79.6 
6.14 
13, 563 
2.4 
60.6 
5.67 
23, 754 
4.4 
84.0 
6.20 
26, 277 
4.6 
65.2 
6.26 
53, 063 
9.7 
93.7 
6.49 
43, 810 
7.6 
72.8 
6.30 
7,647 
1.4 
95.1 
6.59 
49, 597 
8.6 
81.4 
6.55 
26, 950 
4.9 
100.0 
6.74 
33, 134 
5.8 
87.2 
6.77 
23, 893 
4.1 
91.3 
6.90 
36, 338 
6.3 
97.6 
6.96 
13, 608 
2.4 
100.0 
544, 778 
100.0 
575, 948 
100.0 
Summ 
er 1918. 
Summer 1919. 
$2.07 
35,700 
4.4 
4.4 
$2.02 
60, 814 
7.0 
7.0 
2.08 
86,067 
10.7 
15.1 
2.06 
58, 227 
6.8 
13.8 
2.42 
78, 539 
9.7 
24.8 
2.39 
42, 348 
4.9 
18.7 
2.45 
40,436 
5.0 
29.8 
2.93 
47, 959 
5.6 
24.3 
2.62 
45, 251 
5.6 
35.4 
3.08 
29, 126 
3.4 
27.7 
2.82 
31,840 
3.9 
39.3 
3.13 
36, 180 
4.2 
31.9 
2.88 
40,251 
5.0 
44.3 
3.25 
63, 617 
7.4 
39.3 
»2.91 
3.38 
3.49 
32, 357 
79, 340 
3.8 
9.2 
43.1 
3.02 
36,369 
4.5 
48.8 
52.3 
3.03 
52, 455 
6.5 
55.3 
2 3.51 
3.04 
37, 039 
4.6 
59.9 
3.62 
43,543 
5.0 
57.3 
3.13 
76,424 
9.5 
69.3 
3.80 
58, 674 
6.8 
64.1 
3.36 
70, 210 
8.7 
78.0 
3.82 
45, 902 
5.3 
69.4 
3.37 
64,837 
8.0 
86.0 
3.99 
61, 723 
7.2 
76.6 
3.44 
35,066 
30, 209 
4.3 
3.7 
90.4 
94.1 
14.14 
4.32 
3.47 
36, 643 
4.2 
80.8 
3.65 
32,043 
4.0 
98.1 
4.56 
19,376 
2.2 
83.0 
»3. 87 
4.60 
4.91 
65, 992 
16,106 
7.7 
1.9 
90.7 
4.47 
15,563 
1.9 
100.0 
92.6 
4.93 
32, 188 
3.7 
96.3 
4.98 
31,838 
3.7 
100.0 
808, 299 
100.0 
861, 953 
100.0 
Average income. 
Average cost. 
The high price of feed made the cost of production much higher 
than it would have been under normal conditions. A study of thei 
figures also shows that the cost of production will continue to be high 
so long as the average production of milk per cow is so low. 
Feeding the same quantity of grain to cows bred for higher pro- 
duction would possibly double the quantity of milk produced and 
thereby increase the profits to the dairymen. The cattle tick has been 
eradicated from a large part of the section, and dairymen would find 
the milk business more profitable if they would keep better cows and 
feed them in accordance with their productive ability. 
