Millard County Chronicle | 1912-02-01 | Page 2 | Twenty-Two Million Cows

TWENTY-TW0 MILLION COWS That Number of Animals In U. 8. Produced Pro-duced $800,000,000 Worth of Dairy Products In Year. There are twenty-two million cows In this country, and the department of agriculture estimates the wealth produced pro-duced by them In one year to be $K00,-000,000, $K00,-000,000, or an average profit f $.)6.3i per cow per annum, t'omrjred with this average per cow, tho accompanying accompany-ing llliiHtratlon, showing what one champion cow produces each year, Is interesting. This cow Is "Sophie," a 7 TON I 'j jjjj 1000 Champion Jersey Cow. champion Jersey owned at Lowell, Mass. Her record for twelve months is 14,373 pounds three ounces of milk, equaling 1,005 pounds eleven ounces of butter.