| Show J buttar BUTTER FAT 0 ME it fir irell eli sown gown aj chaj profitable tati a cows finist be e com comparatively D ea large lag producers yet few people realize fully the remark remarkable able rate at which profits advance as production increases Increase sr aay say dairying specialists of united states LieP department artmont of agriculture thefil the following figures abt obtained from the of 1668 cows in various cow testing associations show how rapidly with increased production of butterfat income advance cost of feed production on I 1 land and profit average butter bulter tat fat production average income pounds above above f feed eed cost I 1 4 18 29 43 soo I 1 56 88 IDS As butter at production increased from to pounds income over cost of feed advanced from 18 to 56 or as production doubled income above feed cost increased three times As butterfat butter b u 11 e r fat fa t production insults would be much more striking income over cost of feed advanced from 18 to or as production trebled income above feed cost increased six times it if no expenses except the cost ot of feed are considered the cow that produced pounds of 0 butter fat was as profitable as 27 cows of the first group whose average production was pounds it if labor and miscellaneous expenses also could be taken into consideration the results would be uch more kInli A further study of the records showed that the cost of roughage was about the same for all groups but that the total cost of feed was somewhat great er for the more productive cows the increased profit should therefore be credited in part to better feeding but apparently it was largely due to better cows the present high cost ot of feed will eliminate the low producing cow or it must eventually eliminate the dairyman who keeps such cows more cows are needed but butter cows are needed more certainly it pays to keep good cows and to feed I 1 I 1 them well |
