Show SURVEY MADE ON D AIRY y INDUSTRY IN 1 DUCHESNE COUNTY X IV AGENT T G r GATHERS DATA TIll TY I I t GIll D. 1 I IX DUCU S AE E E CoU COUNTY Y x J 7 J LI I B By Lena LeRoy C Z riU Funk County t Agent During the recent economic surcy sur- sur cy 0 made of or Du C 08 s sairy dairy airy tanners farmers farmers' were A re interviewed cl These farmers were C asked the number number num num- ber of milking coWs coW's cows the c cash re returns lC turns per pcr cow v train from the sale salo of milk mUle and cream the amount of or recd feed tee fed and and T various s' s other lher items of r receipts au and expenses s. s It avas found tonu that that- these c 8 dairymen were milking cows from rODl ch they le received p per er year ear 50 from ranI the sale ale oi oZ dairy Dl products or an average l crage of or 73 O per cow These cows tows were vere fed fell on onan average 3 tons tom of at hay Itay and 2nd andon andon on Da pasture tulo months Tile The best beat herd heid O of thc these 38 a according to the returns by the farmers and amI given gl to the agel agent was agent Was vas OO per vel cow caw for tOla A herd of ot seven cows At t 1000 tel bier ton Sir tor 1 hay a and andt d' d t for grain grail and nd 2200 1200 rotor for pasture pas pas- pasture ture this farmer fanner e that it would c cost per r year lo to feed teed his hi's cows This ThU farmer estimated terl u and half t tons tons' of hay per cow l rr s seven rows Cows this this- would leave c a u profit above c fe dl cost of or The rue average feed eed cost cot for the lJ cows on the same basis was This would leave leaA-c a profit above feed reed cost for the lie Ea same number numb r of cowsar cows cows' ar the herd above aboyo of oC I this matter from another mo Viewing angle it would take nine acro acres o of Cl crops chaps and anti 17 O acres acles of p pasture turc to pro produce ucc an Income 3 above o c fee feed cost of for the best het herds s of or cow cons co I Tto Produce uce the samo same profit with a herd of or average a cows by average R cows w wo wc mean the tIle average o of these 38 dairymen dairymen- it would require re re- quire quiro cows acres of or crops craps acres of or pasture To produce tho tto same saute profit with the poorest cows caws would woul L require o a farm larger than the entire Uintah basin or even cn larger than the than the state o of Utah o or even larg larger r because the poorest cows did not pa pay a for th their lr feed ec The lih The fi gross i ss T returns lurns for fOT cows cons was anI only y and this dairyman dahman was r fed c clug lug ing his cows cow four tons of or hay Imy each and was wao pasturing them for tor six months mouths O On the basis on which which we vo have been figuring the fee re cost would mould bo ho p por r coi cow or r ra a net loss of or 2200 22 O per coin cow co In other In-other other ther wor words s this dairyman needed to earn earn r t from Cram other sources sources on his big farm 2200 for r each cow he be 1 kept Such figures as these point out put nicely that the size of or the farm aro are the number oi of cows or even the size I 1 F It I o of h he cream check d does es not determine deter deter- m mine nine nC the profit to be bo made made from the dairy ent and consequently the themo n ey av available for the tho living c. c cX expenses e o ol of the farm famil family e c a mus must realize in making a study of of the above figures figures that they are are based base not Hot on actual l' l records cor s kept hut but on estimates furnished the county county coun coun- t ty agent by bJ the farmers The C comity aunty re records show 3 OG cows cow On the te basis of the he average noted nb above vc this will return to the tho cJ dairyman i of d this thia county a profit nb ab ve D ve feed cost of or Hn If II all of or these e co cots cows s were or of the same i quality as the high hi-gb herd referred to above abO they tiley would return to th tIlt the dairyman a profit ot cf r If It each one ore of or tb these tc dairymen k knit t an as u ua a average a ge of or 9 3 cows which is Ju about t the average ol oJ the tho 38 mentioned I above able that would be an Increased ell i I profit por pr dairyman of Thus we WP see that in figuring figurine this problem in most mast any ally ny way ray ay we must mutt come to tire the conclusion that hi high lI producing cows well ell fed feel spa spell Profitable Dairy Production r |