The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-06
WHICH PAYS BRsTi
Relative Profits OF selling milk. Butter.
Cheese or Cream.

The comparative profit derived from
selling milk, butter. cream or cheese 10
the subject Of recent bulietiR issued by
the Geneva. IN Y experiment citation.
and data are given by which dairymen
may answer the question as to the form
OF the product from which tho greatest
profit may DO derived. eacH for himself.
SO many different factors enter Into the
case that one must know all the condi.
tions to give an answer. and as many OF
these factors concern local conditions
an answer based upon general coDclu.
sions might prove to he all wrong Tor
one producer. while all right for another.
In Tho tables OF this bulletin the value
Of milk is based upon the total solids
and 10 rated at 29l cents quart or LES
cents pound. butter is rated as con.
talnng 25 per cent OF fat ana at the
average price of 25 cents pound. Cream
is rated as containing 20 per cent OF tat
and is placed at 20 cents quart CheeAe
Is rated at 10 cents a pound for month
old, or 99s cents for green.
In calculating the amount pf profit
deduction OF 1917 cents for eaoh 100
pounds is made from the gross profit to
represent the amount OF feeding and
fertillzlng materials taken away from the
farm In the case OF selling milk and
cheese. with smaller but proportionate
reduction In the case OF cream.
There were A animals used In the tests,
including the Hostein Friesiap, Ayrshire,
American Hoiderness, Guernsey. Jersey.
Devon and Shorthorn breeds. The tables
show milk TO have been produced at least
cost-namely, at u cents per quart-by
Beauty Pledge, Holstein.triesian. In her
second period OF lactation, but her price
for cost Of producing quart OF cream
was o. 4S cents. placing her sixth; pound
of butter, III 33 cents. or ninth. and OF
cheese. q 20 cents. also ninth In order OF
merit.
The second In order OF cost of milk was
kha AurahiFa In uiafta paaFlaaa i'm haT
third period OF lactation. this cost being
LEI cents. Her cost for butter was l5 S3
cents per pound, or sixteenth in order; OF
cheese 0. Is cents and was In eighth place;
cream, 7.2T cents. or fifteenth.
The American Hoiderness Nora, In the
fret period OF lactation produced milk at
a cost OF l.30 cents per quart. or third
lowest, cream at 8 76 Or thirty-fourth;
butter at I6. IS cents, or thirtv-thlrd, and
cheese ut $50 cents. or eighteenth.
Tbs ShortEorn. Betsy X, In the second
period, produced milk at cost of Al
cents. ranking blnth; cream at q 33 cents.
or fifth; butter at $40 cents. or sixth aud
cheese at 5 54 cents. or second.
The Guernsey, Oriole. In her first period
first of her breed had as cost OF milk LBS
cents. ranking fourteenth; cream. rs
cents. fourth; butter, asa cents, fourth;
cheese. 500 cents, also fourth.
The Jersey. Gllderbloom. In third period
| of Iactation. that ranked highest OF her
Dfeeu IOi low COSt lOt iullkt l. OD UAlto OF
fifteenth In order. was nineteenth for cost
| of cyeRtD-numely. 7T9 cents: second for
| cost of butter. 12 81 cents. and third tor
cost OF cheese. $50 cents. Another Jersey,
| Countess Flavla, in tho fourth period. al
though nineteenth In order for cost of
milk, l.69 cents. had the lowest figures
| for tue other products, cream being 40
cente; butter, l1.30 cent?, and cheese, 8. .26
| cents.
or the two remaining breeds, the Devon
Artal a, was twenty fifth for milk or /. 20
| cents; twenty-siXth for cream. or 8. IL CITE;
tweDty.sixth for butter. or IL Gle. and
| nineteenth for cream. or 6 cents.
| The cow producing milk at the gre est
cts was the Eevon. lone. 2.29 cents. she
| also ranking forty fourth for cream. 10 i3
| cents. and for cheese, Ola cents. aud
forty second. or 81 cents. for butter. tho
| highest cost for butter being 81. 90 cents,
the recogd of the olstein Frieslan, Ruth.
| 1be greatest profit from the sale Of
| milk woifi have been $50. 10 and this for
the AYRSHIRE, Junlettu Pesrlsas. Her pro.
+! duct II made into butter would have
/ brought SS3 05. giving II margin In favor
| OF ceiling her milk o. S3.l4 The gIent
| est profit from the sale OF butter would
have been s5i 61, Tor the Jersey, Countess
/ Fluvin. ller milk would have brought
only S2S.oi. giving the mutgin In favor Of
! butter OF SO. 80.
| The second bsst In favor wns for the
| Guernrsy. Rostlie Ford, of s20.G6 th e
milk value bsing S2i.57 and tho bu tier
| $45l3
| The greatest profit In tho sale of mi lk
| over butteI would havo been for tho Iiol-
| stein. Frieslan. Netherland Con. .tanoe. tha
4 value OF her milk beiLg $50 63, whareEs II
cold In butter 1t would have brought only
/ SO 55. Tho least difference wns In tha
case nf the Ayrshire. Queen Duchess. her
milk being valued at ss753 and her butter
ut S27 50. tho difference In favor Of the
milk being Is cents.
| Averaging all results the amount OF
profit from selling milk was sl9.sl to the
| individual. while of butter IL was SIS. o.
that is. taking tho herd ihroHgh. the aver
| age Dor head would have beea IS 81 more
If the product had beon sold "a butter
than as milk. Or Tor every dollar oi
profit derived from tho sale OF milk. there
| would have been 81 80 from the sale oi
the product Hs butter.
| Or II the pronuct had been sold ns
cream instead OF milk the milk OF the
Countess Favia, which would have
| brought so 81. as cream would have
bAra Allen tho milk value was so Oh; "a
cream 1t would have brought $ll2.63,
In every instance Tho producLion o.
cream would havo realized more than s0I
milk. Evon the Devon. lone. with the
value of her milk Uf 20 II, would have
had $43. 90 as the value Of Tho cream.
The average profit peI head fer The eale
OF cream would have been $72 3d. OF
S52. ~ per head more tliHa Tor milk. Fol
each dollar oil profit derived from. sellin 4
milk ttere would havo been sS.66 from
the saie oil cream.
In answer to the question as TO why
cream should sell fur 30 much more thar
the milk Of which IL wHs parL is the
fact that cream IL regarded III the main ut
q luxury AMI is pal Tor cor:espOndirgly
cousumeIs not being alive to ths fact thai
| that it would be more gconnm C Il to pur
chnse milk and raise tEeir own cream
securing nI less cost the same amount ol
cream and having that valuable food
skimmik. for other purposes.
The tests, Tar AZ iheY concerned
eheesemhking, showed ihls to hold The
least profit to tue dairyman under ordl
mar, conditions. The average pTotlG pei
head for tho herd In qaestloD, " the pro
duct had been sold as cheese, wouid have
been only S97D. or $40 less Than from ths
sale OF milk.
Had the question been butter or cream
there would have been 81 S3 from the salt
of cream for every dollar derived froh
the sale oil butter. Had 1t been butter ol
cheese tho profit from butter would hav'
been ~ 63 Tor each dollar made Iron
cheese. philadelphia Ledger.
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