Show estimating VALUE OF CALF young animal 1 I worth practically nothing until labor and capital may bloy been invested 1 in estimating the gross grosa product of a cow a w it to is customary to credit lit her if with an one a calf year valued rained at 5 to 10 10 A little tour clear thinking will reveal maid the tha fact that no an puch cb amount con can proper ly b bb a allowed the cow as a producer of wealth the I 1 cow should be ba credited only wit with h th the value of her calt calf three it daya eye art after or birth after that the tha cult calf I 1 Is not longer the crea on an ot at the dam a 0 I 1 internal aterna t 1 economy clat but the product ot of Is leed it that has a market value after that if time the law cows E milk can be bold it lor far mah in some form of dairy product the average cost of production ot at milk in the united states Is close to five ce cents to a quart A husky bosky calf will consume E at least two call gallons of at tv I 1 0 foundation of dairy herd hard milk a day to grow into a 10 veal at ona me month that it costs more mom to veal a calf than he it will ill ordinarily rd wavily bring la in bad enough in itself and deserves debber deliberation aaion on the part ot of the tanner farmer who in may Y not have given the matter of cost cast much thought says bays a w writer riter in an exchange the point Is a that the calt calf is worth practically nothing until labor and capital have beer been put into 1 him it if anyone doubts doubt this thia statement let liim him try to sell an ordinary calf when it I 1 is three thre do dava old and ad I 1 sea what it will ill bring it takes time end and effort and money to bring a calf to the point where it Is productive its value at 1 birth r th is IB P potential ate list rather the than actual t would be as a reasonable to credit the cow with ft a yearling worth 10 1 aa a mont hold calt calf worth 10 A wel well willdred le red Dred r registered gi stured calt calf Is worth warth a goodly Y sum at birth because the purchaser patches or can lead feed it exalue expensive e arl grain and ad hay bay and ad till still make it a profit on ita he t it value allow in an ordinary u calt if would eat at so ed much before it bw be w came productive that only a thought to less per person would old pay anything tor for it at the abe beginning a of f its ita career 14 hence I a raw cow may property properly be cred fed wit with the actual selling value too of he her calf before any money is IB invested 1 lo 10 its development |