Times Independent | 1929-07-04 | Page 5 | One Cow Vs. One Dozen

ONE COW VS ONE DOZEN why milk poor cow when one good cow will do th work of the twelve T asks the bulletin of the american banker association agricultural commission it declares that analysis ot more than andl yearly records cow oa test in dairy herd improvement associations ciati ons indicate that on the average cows that produced ibs butterfat a year returned 14 each over feed cost cows that produced 00 ibs butterfat a year returned 54 each over feed cost cowa that produced ibs butterfat butter tat a year returned 96 each over feed cost cows that produced ibs butterfat a year returned each over feed cost cows that produced COO ibs butterfat a year returned each over feed cost in other words one pound producer will return 10 more over teed cost than twelve ib producers this does not take into account either the added labor of milking and carina for the larger herd or the much greater expense of providing stable room for a dozen instead of single animal the figures are based on farm prices from all parts of the country