. Van Pelt's cow demonstration. Cows. VAN PELT'S COW DEMONSTRATION Cost of Production Greatness of production as proved by weighing and test- ing the milk is not the complete record of the greatness of the cow, for the question still remains as to the cost of pro- duction. And, after all, this is the vital questiun and the one that is growing in importance continually, ft is the rule that the cow which yields largely of milk and butterfat is the economical producer, but it often occurs that of two cows producing the same amounts of milk and butterfat in a given time one of them does so at a mu
. Van Pelt's cow demonstration. Cows. VAN PELT'S COW DEMONSTRATION Cost of Production Greatness of production as proved by weighing and test- ing the milk is not the complete record of the greatness of the cow, for the question still remains as to the cost of pro- duction. And, after all, this is the vital questiun and the one that is growing in importance continually, ft is the rule that the cow which yields largely of milk and butterfat is the economical producer, but it often occurs that of two cows producing the same amounts of milk and butterfat in a given time one of them does so at a much less cost for feed. True it is that the difference in profits is not so largely governed by the cost of feed as in the yield, but, as conditions change, land becomes higher in price, feeds and labor scarcer and more expensive, this difference will widen. Many dairymen even now weigh the food consumed by their individual cows, and by doing so reduce their business to the same commercial basis considered absolutely necessary in other lines of business. It pays, and pays well, for, if in no other way, it teaches the feeder the capacity and the ability of each cow. It enables him to exact the best work from her. Practical lessons of this sort are the valuable ones in render- ing reliable the (jpinions relative to both the selection and feeding of cows for great and economical Feminine qualities [85] Digitized by Microsoft®. 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 Van Pelt, Hugh G. Waterloo, Ia. , Kimball's Dairy Farmer
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