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BULLETIN 49, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SUMMARY OF COST FOR ALL GROUPS FOR FIVE YEARS. 
In the preceding pages the discussion has been confined to the 
cost-record data for one group of calves. It is of interest here to 
compare the cost for the one group with those of the other groups 
in the five-year period. In Tables XI, XII, and XIII are presented 
a summary of the cost data on all groups of calves raised on the 
Brigham farm from 1908 to 1912, inclusive. These tables show how 
closely the total cost and the items that go to make up this total 
compare for the different groups. The cost for any one group is 
typical for all groups in the five-year period. 
SUMMARY OF THE FIRST-YEAR COST OF RAISING CALVES. 
The cost of each class of feed given for four different groups of 
calves the first year (Table XI) permits a study of the relative 
importance of the various feeds and the effect upon the total feed 
cost. Over 50 per cent of the feed cost is for milk. The increase in 
the proportion of milk in 1910 and a change in the ratio of roughage 
to grain in 1911 does not reduce the total feed cost. These changes 
may be advisable for the good of the calf, but the effect of such 
changes is a subject outside the scope of this publication. It is inter- 
esting to note how closely the percentage and the cost of the different 
feeds compare for the different groups. 
Table XI. — Comparison of the cost of ?~aising four groups of calves the first 
year, reduced to the per head oasis. 
Item. 
1908 group (average 
number, 17.68). 
1909 group (average 
number, 20.42). 
1910 group (average 1911 group (average 
number, 14.08). ! number, 17.43). 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Whole milk 
$4.74 
7.89 
3.76 
6.32 
1.26 
19.8 
32.9 
15.7 
26.3 
5.3 
S5.22 
6.33 
4.26 
6.94 
21.3 
25.7 
17.4 
28.2 
S7.36 
6.91 
4.94 
4.45 
1.39 
29 
28 
20 
18 
5 
$6.98 
6.54 
6.20 
3.78 
1.58 
27.8 
26.2 
24.6 
15.1 
1.83 7.4 
6.3 
Total feed cost. 
23.97 
100 
24.58 ' 100 
25.05 
100 
25.08 
100 
Feed 
23.97 
3.59 
6.15 
71.2 
10.6 
18.2 
24.58 
5.14 
6.23 
68.4 
14.3 
17.3 
25.05 
4.84 
6.45 
69 
13.3 
17.7 
25.08 I 69.8 
4.23 11.8 
Other costs 
6.59 ! 18.4 
All costs 
33.71 
3.00 
100 
35.95 
3.00 
100 
36.34 
3.00 
100 
35.90 
3.00 
100 
30.71 
32.95 
33.34 
32.90 
The cost for feed alone ranges between $24 and $25 for the four 
groups. The variation in natural conditions and the number of 
calves fed cause a variation in the amount and cost of labor. The 
labor cost for the first year ranges from $3.59 to $5.14. 
The other costs seem gradually to increase with each successive 
year, probably owing to the increasing number of registration fees. 
