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cost is 34 cents per hundred; where the average is 40 
pounds of milk the cost will be 33 cents her hundred. This 
is on the basis of feed costing fifteen cents per day. Esti¬ 
mating feed at eighteen cents per day an average produc¬ 
tion of 30 pounds of milk per day would make a cost of 
60 cents per hundred; 35 pounds per day 41 2-5 cents per 
hundred ; 40 pounds per day. 39 3-5, As will be seen the 
more milk a cow averages, the less the milk costs per hun¬ 
dred. 
On a basis of feed costing 20 cents per day an 
average of 25 pounds per day will bring the cost of milk 
80 cents per hundred; 30 pounds of milk 66 2-3 cents per 
hundred; 35 pounds, 46 cents per hundred; 40 pounds 
44 cents per hundred. He thought it made a little differ¬ 
ence which was being made, butter or cheese. 
R. M. Patrick said he would state to begin with that 
he fed and watered his cows by rule. He directed his 
hands to feed a certain amount each day. In this way 
he had found exactly what his milk cost him. This Winter 
he estimated that h Ts milk cost him 55 cents per hundred 
pounds. He had heard some of his neighbors say that 
they could produce Winter milk for 53 cents per hundred, 
but he had been unable to make it less than 55 cents. He 
raises his own feed. This Winter the flow of milk had 
not been so plentiful as last year, but he was well satisfied 
that milk could not be produced for less than 50 cents per 
hundred. When bran is $10 per ton and other feed cor¬ 
responds in price it will cost from 50 to 55 cents per hun¬ 
dred to produce Winter milk. He feeds his cows 13 pounds 
of grain each day, alternating different kinds of grain. 
Kingsley said he would differ from Patrick. He kept 
