. Annual report of the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. Illinois State Dairymen's Association; Dairy farms; Dairy farming. 338 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. to the practical farmer keeping such cows for the money there is in it? . i $ Profit vs. $ Loss. Counting the butter fat at 25c per pound, one cow returns' $ and the other $ per year. Taking out the known and exact cost of feed in each case, the one cow brings in a clear profit of $ per year, and the other lacks $ of paying foi- lier board at market prices of feed. Forty such cows as No. 1 would return
. Annual report of the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. Illinois State Dairymen's Association; Dairy farms; Dairy farming. 338 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. to the practical farmer keeping such cows for the money there is in it? . i $ Profit vs. $ Loss. Counting the butter fat at 25c per pound, one cow returns' $ and the other $ per year. Taking out the known and exact cost of feed in each case, the one cow brings in a clear profit of $ per year, and the other lacks $ of paying foi- lier board at market prices of feed. Forty such cows as No. 1 would return a dairyman a clear. Cow No. 1.—Average record for three years, 11,390 lbs. milk; 405 lbs. butterfat From the same feed this cow produced times as much butterfat as cow No. 2. Returns a clear profit of $ per year. profit of $1,704 per year, and a herd of eighty would make him $3,408 above all expenses. The latter is a very good stroke of business to do with a herd that could be maintained on 200 acres of good Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois State Dairymen's Association. Chicago, Ill. : Office of the Secretary, Illinois State Dairymen's Association
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