THE COST OF RAISING A DAIRY COW. 
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4.00 
3.00 
for both feed and labor. Similar diagrams for both the 1908 
and 1910 heifers, the total cost figures of which are given in 
Tables XI and XII, would correspond almost exactly with the data 
shown in figures 3 j aoo 
and 4, thus bringing 
out the fact that on 
the Brigham farm 
the relative cost for 
the different periods 
in the growth of a 
heifer is fairly con- 
stant. 
The feed cost for 
the two years aggre- 
gates $40.69 per 
head, and the labor 
$8, making a total of 
$48.69 for both feed 
and labor. 
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TOTAL COST OF PRODTTC- 
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GROUP. ) 
FEED. 
LABOR. 
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Fig. 4. — Chart showing the cost of feed and labor required 
in raising a dairy heifer the second year. Feed, $16.11 ; 
labor, $2.86. 
Although feed and 
labor make up the greatest portion of the expense of raising a heifer, 
there are other items that must be considered in order to know the 
total cost of a 2-year-old heifer. These items are discussed in con- 
nection with Table IX, which gives the complete figures on this same 
1909 group of calves from birth until ready to enter the dairy herd. 
Table IX. 
-Total cost of a calf from birth until it enters the dairy herd (aver- 
age per head for the 1909 group). 
First year. 
Second year. 
Total. 
Item of cost. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Feed 
$24.58 
5.14 
1.12 
1.57 
.55 
1.00 
.28 
1.71 
68.4 
14.3 
3.1 
4.4 
1.5 
2.8 
.8 
4.7 
$16. 11 
2.86 
2.53 
.81 
62.8 
11.0 
9.9 
3.1 
$40. 69 
8.00 
3.65 
2.38 
.55 
3.00 
.44 
2.93 
.42 
Labor 
Interest 
5.9 
3.8 
Buildings 
Equipment 
Bedding 
2.00 
.16 
1.22 
7.8 
.6 
4.8 
4.8 
.7 
Miscellaneous expenses 
General expenses 
Losses by death and discarding 
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Total 
35. 95 
3.00 
100 
25.69 
5.00 
100 
62.06 
8.00 
Credit, manure 
Tota 1 cost of raising 
32.95 
7.00 
20.69 
54.06 
7.00 
Initial value of calf 
Total net cost 
39. 95 
20.69 
61.06 
