The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-07
VOL. IV.-NO. lO8.
Our Cows and their valus.

1t Is estimated that the number Of milk
cows in the United States is over 3,O0O,-
600, requiring the annual product of 52.-
600, 600 acres Of land for feed, giving en-
ployment to 650,000 men, and requiring
the labor of $50, 600 men. Estimating the
cows at $50 each, the horscs $50. and land
at $50 per acre, together with 5000, 600,
600 for agricultural and dairy implements,
and the total amount invested in the in
dustry Is $2,2l0, $50, 600. This Is con-
siderably more than tho amount invested
in banking and the commercial and manu-
featuring interests of the country, which la
vi, 800, 964, $50. The cattle and horses
will require two tons Of hay annually or It's
equivalent If it is estimated that 5, O0O,-
600 COWS arc fed with grain for winter
dairying, and that if the horses eat daily six
quarts of oats or corn during the year, they
will consume 28, 383, 800 tons Of hay, 84,-
$50, 600 bushels Of corn meal, 81, $40, 900
bushels OF oat meal, 1850, 900 tons Of bran,
81, 600, 600 bushels OF corn, and 800, O,O0O,-
ooo bushels OF oats, Of total value Of
1884, ,469, 400. 10 this should be added
the labor of $50, 600 men at 800 per month,
$l66, OOO, 900, making the annual value of
1904, 450, 400, or an average of $3s. 80 pcr
cow. Accepting IL cents per gallon as a
basis for computing the va.ue Of the milk
pro, NC. al 446 gallons The average yield per
annual this being the average in sixteen
States in lS60), the 13, 900, 600 COWS produce
annually 6,703,000,000 gallons of milk !,
orth $500, 76O, coo. AnalS sis .hows hat 8
pounds OF milk con,ain the Same kinu alt.
amount of nutrition as pound Of boneless
beef. The total weight Of the milk pro-
duct Is 90, 1872, 100000 pounds, equal to
Ia, 40b, 900, 600 pounds Of boneless beef
About % per cent Of a fat steer Is boneless
meat, 80 that it will require 20,850,0
steers of l,4OO pounds weight to produce
the same amount of nutrition as the annual
milk product. Such fat steers would sell
at 81. 90 per cwt., or $63 cncll-a total OF
81, 3U0, $50, 600; dcducling for hide and
tallow, $3.50, 100, 900, leaves the meat
value 81, ,O4O, 100000. This gives the food
value of the milk product in the United
States annually. Willard, In his "Prac-
tical Dairy Husbandry," says that milk at
"a cents per gallon Is equivalent in value
to boncless beef at 0 cents per pound" IL
is false economy, therefore, that suDstitut-
cd meat for milk as an article Of fool. The
samo authority (Willard) states that 90 per
cent of the milk Is used III making cheese
and butter IL per cent Is consumed in
liquid state. The Department Of Agricul-
tuic' 1911, cstiulalcs Cnerc arc l,OuU,OOU,
600 pounds Of butter and 800, ,O00, 600
pounds of cheese mado annually IN the
United States. AT 27 pounds OF milk for
l pound of butter, and OF for pound of
cheese, the total amount of milk used
would be 20, 900, 600, 900, add IL per cent
Of tho product for consumption, the total
production is 80, 1852, 325, 900 pounds, with
in u small fraction OF l per cent of the
estimate made. The caseine in the milk
used for making BUTTER if utilized for cheese
would produce annually 1890, 900, 600
pounds, ,and besides there is annu lily run OIL
In the SKINNED milk, buttcrmilk, and whey
200, 600, ,OUO pounds OF milk sugar, which,
If saved, would have market value
greater than the entire annual sugar crop
of Cuba.