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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
It is readily observed that for the first three days 
in January, Bossie produced almost twice as much milk 
as Beauty, with a little more feed. Figuring the price of 
milk at two dollars per hundred pounds, Bossie would 
produce two dollars and twenty cents worth of milk in 
three days. Beauty would produce only one dollar and 
FEEDING RECORD 
Month 
Bossie 
Spot 
Redd 
Beauty 
Flossie 
January 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
1 Grain. 
8 
8 
8 
6 
7 
Hay. 
22 
22 
22 
22 
22 
2 Grain. 
9 
8 
7 
7 
8 
Hay. 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
3 Grain. 
8 
9 
6 
6 
6 
Hay. 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
Total Grain.. .. 
25 
25 
21 
19 
21 
Total Hay. 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
twenty cents worth. Bossie’s feed would cost one dol¬ 
lar for the three days, while Beauty’s would cost eighty 
cents. The profit for Bossie would represent one dol¬ 
lar and twenty cents, while Beauty would only return 
forty cents or one-third as much. It is evident that 
Beauty is a “boarder cow” and that she should be re¬ 
placed, because the labor of caring for the milk and of 
marketing will represent a loss during the year. 
