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Show ESTIMATING A COW'S VALUE. The HIgh-Prleed Animal Is Generally flH the More Profitable. In Increasing n herd so In roplac- HH Ing thoso that havo been culled out, HH tho avorngo productiveness Is often HflJ kept down by our strong Inclination to HBh buy cheap cows Instead ot good ones. HHJ For example a cow that will glvo on HHb au average, a gallon ot milk tho yoar HH round will cost, wo will say, $30; one flfl that will glvo ono and a halt gallons HH will cost C0, nnd ono' that will give flfll two gallons will cost 100. Wo know Bfl that tho expense ot keoplng each ot theso three cows Is practically tho flfll same, and tor tho'purposo of lllusirat- flH Ing this point wo will say that It costs Hfll 141.20 to keep each a year. Wo And, HJfl therefore, that if tho milk tests 4.5 flB per cent, buttcrfat, the one-gallon cow Hfll will produce about 1C4.8 pounds ot HJ buttor, which at 25 cents per pound flB will bring 141.20. The one-gallon cow, Hfll theroforo, pays expenses exactly, but Hfl not one cent Interest on tho Invest- Hfl menL The ono and a half gallon HHJ cow, which cost $60 to begin with, HB makes a profit ot f 20.C0 a year, while fll tho $10 cow, giving two gallons per HB day, makes a profit of $41.20 a 'year. HB Therefore, which would yoir'profor to HBfl do? Invest $100 In ono cow that will flflj produce a profit of 141.60 a year, or flB Invest $(0 In three cows, all of -which flflj will not produco ono cent profit In tho HHi yoar? This Is an Illustration ot tho fll oxact condition thnt exists In many fll ot our herds to-duy, and until "wo dls- HBfl pose of thoso $30 boarders wo can flflj nover muko tho dairy pay, no matter HJ ow we feod them. HHJ |