. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 14 THE PLACE OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMAL IN OUR CIVILIZATION. steers, or, when fed to cows, seventy-four pounds of milk containing three and one-fourth pounds of butter-fat plus one pound of increase. In general, therefor*, the food required to produce a pound of butter-fat is about three times that required to produce a pound of increase in steers. So far as food consumed is concerned, therefore, assuming it to be of equal quality, steers at five cents a pound would be equivalent to butter-fat at fifteen cents per pound. If butter-fa
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 14 THE PLACE OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMAL IN OUR CIVILIZATION. steers, or, when fed to cows, seventy-four pounds of milk containing three and one-fourth pounds of butter-fat plus one pound of increase. In general, therefor*, the food required to produce a pound of butter-fat is about three times that required to produce a pound of increase in steers. So far as food consumed is concerned, therefore, assuming it to be of equal quality, steers at five cents a pound would be equivalent to butter-fat at fifteen cents per pound. If butter-fat sells at thirty cents a pound, half the income may be charged to labor or profit. By selling butter-fat at thirty cents a pound instead of steers at five cents a pound,the gross in- come per acre of the farm may be doubled; or, what is perhaps more to the point, when animals are kept for the produc- tion of meat instead of the production of butter-fat the farm area should be doub- led. Cost of producing milk and butter - jat. — Well - selected and properly fed grade cows may be expected to produce 240 pounds of butter- fat annually. This is equivalent to 8,000 pounds of 3 per cent milk, 6,000 pounds of 4 per cent milk, or a trifle less than 5,000 pounds of 5 per cent milk. If each cow is dry six weeks, the daily average of the herd in milk will be three-quarters of a pound of butter-fat per day. Occasional herds will make a daily average of .9 of a pound of fat, but this requires superior cattle, careful feeding and more than ordinary care. The standard ration for milch cows weighing 1,000 to 1,200 pounds is twenty-five pounds of dry matter, two-thirds of which is digest- ible material containing not less than two pounds of digestible protein. In ordinary practice, about ten pounds of dry material of the ration is secured from corn silage, nine pounds from hay and about six pounds from grain or other concentrates. In general, this is obtained by feeding thirty-five pounds o
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