Archive image from page 79 of Dairy farming (1916). Dairy farming dairyfarming00eckl Year: 1916 Three things should be known in order that the relative profits of each animal may be calculated. These are the amount of milk, the percentage of fat, and the cost of feed consumed. When comparing individual animals these factors rank in importance in the order given. While cows should be fed according to their production, it is not generally practical to keep an individual feed record of each. The best plan on the farm is to know the cost of feeding the entire herd and the total income above feed,
Archive image from page 79 of Dairy farming (1916). Dairy farming dairyfarming00eckl Year: 1916 Three things should be known in order that the relative profits of each animal may be calculated. These are the amount of milk, the percentage of fat, and the cost of feed consumed. When comparing individual animals these factors rank in importance in the order given. While cows should be fed according to their production, it is not generally practical to keep an individual feed record of each. The best plan on the farm is to know the cost of feeding the entire herd and the total income above feed, and then make such calculations as may seem necessary to determine whether certain low-producing cows should be kept. 47. Complete Milk Records. The most satisfactory plan of keeping records is to weigh the milk of each cow daily. This does not require much extra time when proper arrangements are made. The experience of every one who has tried it is that no time spent on the farm pays better. A spring balance, graduated to pounds and tenths, should be provided and placed at a point convenient for the milkers with the milk sheet close at hand. The advantages of daily weighing may be summed up as follows: 1. It makes it possible to reject the unprofitable cows. 2. Makes possible economic feeding. Individual cows should be fed in proportion to the amount of milk they produce. Fig. 19. — A good scale for weighing milk. The second pointer is set to read zero when the empty pail is at- tached.
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