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Show GOOD VS. POOR COWS. Thc variation in profits to be de rived from different cows is quite remarkable. re-markable. The average wc3tcrn cnv probably docs not yield more than 4,000 pounds of milk containing something some-thing less than four percent of butter fat. This would amount to 160 pounds of butter fat, which at twenty-five cents a pound would be equivalent to $40 a year. Those men who get along best arc the farmers who improve im-prove their herds by the use of pure bred sires. One man in Utah with twenty cows produced last year an average of 7,050 pounds of milk and 271 pounds of butter fat for each cow which at twenty-five cents a pound amounts to $67.75. Another with six cows produced an average of 6,840 pounds of milk and 313 pounds of butter but-ter fat, amounting to $78.25. Another with five cows produced 4,900 pounds of milk and 177 pounds of butter fat in six months, which amounts to $44,25, or more than that which the average cow returns in one year. A woman near Richmond with one cow delivered to a factory in six months 7.373 pounds mt'.k and 261 pounds of fat, which brought her $65.25. I" , contrast to these records is the show-ling show-ling made by a herd of twenty-eight cows. The production of this herd was 2,147 pounds of milk and ninety pounds butter fat, which at twenty-five twenty-five cents a pounds amounts to $22.50. The difference between $22.50 and , Y $78.25 is due mainly to the kind of uows and to a lesser extent upon the feed and care. One man is getting not more than market price for the feed which he supplies to his cows, the other is receiving double the market mar-ket price. iP - |
