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Show NEGLECT VALUE OF RECORDS Cow Bought at Low Price Not Always Best Investment Best to Keep Track of Feed and Milk. Is the cheaper-priced dairy cow necessarily the better investment? The question is well answered in the following instance: A man wishing a cow for dairy purposes called upon dairyman who kept milk records as well as cost accounts. The buyer confined con-fined his attention to two cows. One of these would cost him $75, the other $175. The former was in good condition, condi-tion, but the dairy characteristics were not as fully developed as they might have been; the latter was the direct opposite. The records of the two cows were shown the buyer, but he was not as much interested in records as he should have been. He did not consider it worth while to sit down and figure out which would be .the better bet-ter investment. Butter sold for 35 cents per pound 4 the year around. z y The $75 cow hud a record of 226 Z Z pounds of butter. y 5 226 pounds at 35e $79.10. 2 j Cost of feed $72. 2 $79.10 $72.00 $7.10 profit per year. Z The $17o cow had a record of 415 2 7 pounds. J Z 415 pounds at 35c $145.25. . J S Cost of feed SS4.00. Z 2 $145.25 $M.00$(il. 25 profit per ? Z year. 2 From these figures we see that it would take the $75 cow about ten years to pay for herself in butter; if she was a middle-aged cow she would never do it. On the other hand, the $175 cow would have paid for herself in butter in less than three years. The buyer bought the $75 cow. Would he have done this if he had appreciated the value of records, and figured out the value of each cow? |