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Show How Low Butter Prices Lead to Better Herds How present low butterfat prices force dairymen to keep better cows, Is clearly demonstrated in Special Bulletin 152, by E. A. Hanson, extension ex-tension division at Minnesota University Univer-sity farm. Calculations based on a large number of records kept in Minnesota Min-nesota Dairy Herd Improvement associations as-sociations show the relation between high butterfat production nnd the profit prof-it which a cow can make for her owner. When biittprfat sold for "i0 cents a pound and feed was valued at the prices prevailing from lfilM to 1929, a cow producing inn pounds of butterfat but-terfat a year returned -Sin over feed cost. A 200-pound cow returned $f)2 a year over feed cost, and a 300-pound 300-pound cow ?92. However, with butterfat but-terfat at 23 cents a pound and feed costs as of March 1!).'!2. the 100-pound cow loses her owner S1 1 per year; a 200-pound cow returns S9 over feed cost; and a 300-pound cow ?27. These figures make It very clear that the lower butterfat prices are, the mora careful dairymen must be to keep only high-producing cows. |