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Show How Good Cows Pay. It Is well known that dairy cows, to be profitable, must be comparatively large producers, yet few people fully realize the remarkable rate at which income advances as production increases. in-creases. Tabulations of 5.5S7 cow-testing association records from various parts of the United States, covering a period of four years, show that as the average butterfat production increased from 150 to 200 pounds, the income over cost of feed advanced from $21 to $34; that is, a gain of 50 pounds, or 3"Ja per cent, in production gave an increased income of 62 per cent over feed cost. The next gain of 50 pounds raised the income over cost of feed to $50, the next to $63, the next to $74, the next to $S7, the next to $100, and the last to $11S. As the butterfat production increased from 150 pounds to 300 pounds, the income in-come over cost of feed advanced from $21 to $63; in other words, as production produc-tion doubled, income over cost of feed advanced three times. When the butterfat but-terfat production increased from 150 pounds to -450 pounds that is, trebled the income over cost of feed advanced ad-vanced from $21 to $100, or almost five times as much. |