. The creamery patron's handbook. Dairying. 288 THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. noted, more than cover cost of raising and harvesting in average seasons, and, indeed, are much higher than are frequently used in figuring costs of food in comparisons of this kind. Grade Jersey. The cow Eva, now nine years old, was purchased for $45 of a farmer in Central Vermont, who evidently did not know what he had. Her lines of breeding are not known. She has had three years' record at this station. Her milk yield has ranged from 5,030 to 7,333 pounds, and averaged 6,182 pounds. Her butter yield has varied f
. The creamery patron's handbook. Dairying. 288 THE CREAMERY PATRON S HANDBOOK. noted, more than cover cost of raising and harvesting in average seasons, and, indeed, are much higher than are frequently used in figuring costs of food in comparisons of this kind. Grade Jersey. The cow Eva, now nine years old, was purchased for $45 of a farmer in Central Vermont, who evidently did not know what he had. Her lines of breeding are not known. She has had three years' record at this station. Her milk yield has ranged from 5,030 to 7,333 pounds, and averaged 6,182 pounds. Her butter yield has varied from 427'. EVA, AT NINE YEARS OLD-GRADE JERSEY. Average Yearly Record for Three Years, ;2 Pounds of Milk, 173 Pounds Butter, to 533, and averaged 475 pounds. The quality of her milk has been some- what variable, having ranged from to , averaging per cent, of fat. She is a well formed cow, and fairly typical of the Jerseys. She is a hearty eater. Her food has averaged to cost $; and the purchased grain $ She makes a pound of milk at a medium cost and a pound of butter at very low cost, cents a pound. Her butter, at prices rang- ing from 26 to 27| cents, has averaged $ a year. This last year the. 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 [Kolarik, Joseph] [from old catalog]. Chicago, The National dairy union
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