A STUDY IX" THE COST OF PRODUCING MILK. 
19 
It is not within the scope of this bulletin to discuss the profits 
and losses in the production of milk on these four farms. However, 
it may add interest to give the average receipts per cow from the 
sale of milk during the period covered by records, as shown in 
Table XII. Comparing the figures of Tables XI and XII, it will be 
seen that, on the average for the entire period, each of these farms 
made a profit from their dairies. 
Table XII. — Average receipts per cow from sale of dairy products on each of the four farms. 
Year. 
Wisconsin 
farm. 
Michigan 
farm. 
Pennsyl- 
vania 
farm. 
North 
Carolina 
farm. 
1909 
§88.47 
82.72 
79.08 
80.92 
$97.63 
123. 72 
101.55 
120.92 
1910 
1911 
1912 
S96. 77 | «136. 00 
1913 
113.45 1 130.76 
81.40 1 110. Qfi i 105.11 
133 38 
DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES. 
In connection with this same problem, other investigators have 
published certain results. The publications from the New Hamp- 
shire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut 1 (Storrs) agricultural experi- 
ment stations give the cost per cow in sufficient detail, so that the 
items may be studied under the groups shown in Table I. 
The relation of each item of cost to the total cost of keeping a cow 
as reported bv the three New England experiment stations is given 
in Table XIII. 
Table XIII. — Relative importance of factors which maize up the cost of producing milk 
as reported by three New England agricultural experiment stations. 2 
Cost per cow per year. 
Item. 
Connecticut. 3 
Massachusetts. 3 
Xew Hamp- 
shire. 3 
Actual 
cost. 
Per 
cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per 
cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
•Per 
cent. 
Feed 
S85.02 
33.60 
56.7 
22.4 
S89.24 
35.00 
54.9 
21.6 
$73.03 
32.33 
7.18 
9.05 
.53 
3.79 
4.55 
8.83 
8.44 
49 4 
Labor: 
21 8 
4 9 
3.95 
2.6 
7.50 
1.15 
4.00 
5.25 
11.25 
9.00 
4.6 
.7 
2.5 
3.2 
6.9 
5.6 
6 1 
.4 
Use of hull 
3.00 
3.75 
13.00 
7.70 
2.0 
2.5 
8.7 
5.1 
2.6 
3 1 
6 
Total 
150.02 100.0 
162. 39 
100.0 
147.73 100.0 
Credits: 
15.00 
17.00 
18.00 
Average pounds milk per cow 
6,; 
578 
6,( 
)36 
6,- 
L63 
i See a, &, and c in "Literature Cited,'-' p. 34. 
2 Other agricultural experiment stations have publications showing the cost of keeping a cow and the 
cost of producing milk, but the data are not presented in sufficient detail to be included rn this table. 
3 See a, b, and c, p. 34. 
