PRODUCING MARKET MILK IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. 
15 
MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF FACTORS IN MILK PRODUCTION. 
During the last few years many dairymen have requested an anal- 
ysis of the cost of producing milk on a monthly basis. Such an 
analysis is given in Table 11. 
Table 11. — Distribution, by months, of milk prices, milk produced, feed cost, and labor 
required. 
Income 
per 100 
pounds 
cf milk. 
Income 
from 
milk 
sold and 
used. 
Milk, 
sold and 
used. 
Feed, 
pasture, 
and bed- 
ding 
cost. 
Feed, 
pasture, 
and bed- 
ding cost 
minus 
manure 
and 
bedding 
credit. 
Human labor. 
Horse labor. 
Month and season. 
Per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
Per cow. 
Per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
Per cow. 
1917-18. 
$2.39 
2.31 
2.43 
2.64 
2.88 
3.27 
Per cent. 
9.2 
8.1 
7.4 
6.9 
6.8 
6.6 
Per cent. 
10.2 
9.4 
8.2 
6.9 
6.3 
5.4 
Per cent. 
6.8 
6.0 
6.3 
5.6 
7.5 
5.9 
Per cent. 
6.7 
5.9 
6.1 
5.5 
7.4 
5.7 
Hours. 
2.0 
2.1 
2.4 
2.5 
2.3 
2.4 
Hours. 
11.3 
11.2 
11.6 
10.1 
8.7 
8.9 
Hours. 
0.138 
.011 
.056 
.313 
.137 
.090 
Hours. 
0.79 
.23 
July 
.27 
August 
1.28 
.52 
October 
.34 
Summer 
2.59 
45.0 
46.4 
38.1 
37.4 
2.2 
10.4 
.124 
.58 
2.78 
2.87 
2.80 
2.80 
2.72 
2.48 
7.7 
8.7 
9.7 
9.0 
10.4 
9.5 
7.4 
8.0 
9.2 
8.6 
10.2 
10.2 
7.8 
10.8 
12.1 
11.1 
11.3 
8.8 
5.9 
8.9 
10.1 
9.1 
9.4 
6.8 
2.1 
2.2 
2.1 
2.1 
1.9 
1.9 
9.1 
12.3 
11.3 
10.3 
10.8 
10.0 
.034 
.034 
-.025 
.026 
.034 
.051 
.15 
December 
.16 
January 
.13 
February 
.13 
.19 
.27 
Winter 
2.73 
55.0 
53.6 
61.9 
50.1 
2.1 
10.3 
.034 
.17 
2.67 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
87.5 
2.15 
10. 35 
.079 
.375 
1919-20. 
May 
2.87 
2.31 
2.40 
2.62 
2.89 
3. 58 
9.6 
8.6 
7.9 
6.9 
6.7 
6.7 
10.3 
11.4 
10.2 
8.1 
7.1 
5.7 
7.2 
7.3 
5.8 
4.7 
4.6 
7.1 
7.0 
7.1 
5.6 
4.5 
4.4 
6.9 
1.5 
1.4 
1.4 
1.7 
1.8 
2.2 
8.6 
9.1 
7.9 
7.3 
7.2 
7.7 
.04 
.01 
.02 
.02 
.02 
.11 
.21 
.09 
July 
.11 
.10 
.08 
.40 
Summer 
2.70 
46.4 
52.8 
36.7 
35.5 
1.6 
8.0 
.03 
.15 
November 
3.69 
3.74 
3.59 
3.43 
3.36 
3.15 
7.1 
8.7 
9.9 
9.2 
9.6 
9.1 
5.9 
7.1 
8.4 
8.2 
8.8 
8.8 
8.2 
12.1 
12.3 
12.2 
10.0 
8.5 
6.0 
9.9 
10.0 
10.0 
7.8 
6.3 
2.1 
1.9 
2.0 
2.0 
1.8 
1.5 
7.7 
8.4 
10.6 
9.5 
9.5 
7.8 
.11 
.10 
.19 
.09 
.06 
.08 
.39 
.47 
.98 
.43 
March 
.31 
April 
.39 
Winter 
3.47 
53.6 
47.2 
63.3 
50.0 
1.9 
8.9 
.10 
.49 
Year 
3.06 1 
100.0 
100.0 
85.5 
1.75 
8.45 
.065 
.32 
The third column of Table 11 shows the percentage of the yearly 
income from milk which was obtained each month. The percentage 
of the yearly quantity of milk produced each month is found in the 
fourth column. The fifth column shows the monthly feed, pasture, 
and bedding cost to produce milk, and the sixth shows the same costs 
after the credit for manure and bedding has been deducted. The 
remaining columns show the amounts of labor expended for producing 
100 pounds of milk, and also for keeping a cow. 
SUMMARY. 
The requirements for producing 100 pounds of milk were obtained 
from records covering two one-year periods with an interval of one 
year between them. During the winter six months these require- 
ments were: Concentrates, 41.2 pounds; hauling and grinding con- 
centrates, $0,016; dry roughage, 95.3 pounds; silage and other 
