. Annual report of the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. Illinois State Dairymen's Association; Dairy farms; Dairy farming. ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 339 The Embarrassing Cow. But what about cow No. 2 ? Her record embarrasses the situation (and it would embarass the dairyman owning her too). If she had made $ profit, there would be at least something to compare with. Then it would only take fifteen such to equal a single cow like No. 1. But No. 2 didn't do it. It was $ loss instead of profit. For profit in milk production, a thousand or million such cows would not equal one
. Annual report of the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. Illinois State Dairymen's Association; Dairy farms; Dairy farming. ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 339 The Embarrassing Cow. But what about cow No. 2 ? Her record embarrasses the situation (and it would embarass the dairyman owning her too). If she had made $ profit, there would be at least something to compare with. Then it would only take fifteen such to equal a single cow like No. 1. But No. 2 didn't do it. It was $ loss instead of profit. For profit in milk production, a thousand or million such cows would not equal one of the other kind. Here is where numbers don't count, or rather where they count in. Cow No. 2.—Average record for three years, 3,830 lbs. milk; 138 lbs. butterfat. Lacked $ per year of earning her board. Fifty-two as poor as she found in eighteen Illinois dairy herds. the wrong direction. This is one of the few places that algebra comes in; the comparison, if any, must deal with a minus side. It Means Two Farms or No Farm. The man with eighty cows like No. 1 could clear up enough. 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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