PRODUCING MILK IN WESTERN WASHINGTON. 
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In Table 9, for the winter 1917-18, it will be noted that only 73.3 
per cent of the milk was produced at $2.89 or less per 100 pounds, 
which is the first cost below the average cost of $2.91. In many sec- 
tions this volume of milk would be an inadequate supply. On the 
other 'hand, 94.2 per cent of the milk was produced at $3.59 or less 
per 100 pounds. In order to include 98.1 per cent of the volume of 
milk, the cost advances to $3.82 per hundred, thus increasing the cost 
23 cents per 100 pounds and adding only 3.9 per cent of the volume. 
If the price of the milk were placed at $3.47 per 100 pounds, a profit 
ranging from 18 cents ($3.47 minus $3.29) to $1.56 ($3.47 minus 
$1.91) per 100 pounds would tend to increase the volume of milk 
produced by the more efficient dairymen. Similar deductions may 
be made from the other portions of the table. 
MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF FACTORS IN MILK PRODUCTION. 
A study of Table 10 shows that the per cent of milk produced each 
season did not vary greatly from year to year; however, there is a 
noticeable increase for both years in summer production over winter 
production. During the first year there was 19 per cent more milk 
produced, in summer than in winter, and in the second year 17.4 per 
cent more was produced. The larger flow of milk in summer can be 
attributed to better pasture more than to any other cause. 
With the exception of the month of November in the first year the 
feed, pasture, and bedding cost for the winter in both years was de- 
cidedly higher than in the summer. The same is true of feed and 
bedding cost minus the manure credit. 
A study of the results of the two years' work shows that the feed 
costs for the first and second summers were 33.5 per cent and 33.6 
per cent, respectively, of the total yearly feed costs. Likewise it is 
found that the summer production was 59.5 per cent and 58.7 per 
cent of the total production for the corresponding years. 
Table 10. — Monthly distribution of milk prices, milk sold and used, feed cost, 
and labor required. 
YEAR 1917-1918. 
Income 
per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
Income 
from 
milk 
sold 
and 
used. 
Milk 
sold 
and 
used. 
Feed 
pasture, 
and 
bedding 
cost. 
Feed, 
pasture, 
and 
bedding 
cost 
minus 
manure 
credit. 
Human labor. 
Horse labor. 
Month and season. 
Per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
Per 
cow. 
Per 100 
pounds 
of milk. 
Per 
cow. 
$2.95 
3.01 
3.02 
3.01 
2.81 
2.52 
Per cent. 
7.4 
7.3 
7.0 
6.7 
7.8 
8.3 
Per cent. 
6.5 
6.3 
6.0 
5.8 
7.3 
8.6 
Per cent. 
7.0 
11.3 
12.1 
11.6 
12.8 
11.7 
Per cent. 
5.7 
10.0 
10.8 
10.3 
11.4 
10.4 
Hours. 
2.0 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
1.9 
1.5 
Hours. 
9.2 
10.0 
9.8 
9.2 
10.2 
9.4 
Hours. 
0.002 
.008 
.011 
.014 
.011 
.005 
Hours. 
0.01 
.04 
.05 
.06 
.06 
April 
.03 
Winter 
2.86 
44.5 
40.5 
66.5 
58.6 
2.0 
9.6 
.008 
.04 
