The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-07-12
Mr.. Daggett Attacks Theory OF
Prof. Hacker.
BRINGS EX.GOV. HOARD TO TASK.
An Argument FavOring the HOlstein
Breed.
PROVES 1T IS A GOOD MONEY MAKER
Table of Statistics Showing the Actual Cost
fKeeping the Jersey aud the HOlStein
Cows and the Profits Each Return
to the. Farmer-Aa Interesting
Review of the Subject.

The following letter mas DeeH feCelVeu
from H. B. Dagget, Lake Mills, Wis:
Editor Pilot: Hoard's Dairyman of
June Is publishes al article from Farm,
Stock and Home" regarding some exper-
iments carried ON by Prof Hacker OF
Minnesota, in which he shows the cost
of one pound of butter and total cost of
food, for each of several cows, tested for
one year, at the Minnesota Experiment
tai station. Like most of Prof Hack
ers bulletins, the work is not carried far
enough to be of any benefit to dairymen
but its results are left in such shape as
to be actually misleading to the aver
age reader.
II am not surprised at such work as
this coming from Prof. Hacker 1t is
but the usual way of putting the results
of his experiments before the public, but
l am surprised that Hoards Dairyman
paper not usually caught with chaff
should use half column in comment
ing, editorially, on the value of the ex-
periments. | clip part of the com
ments, which are as follows:
LIT is the work of wise dairy papers,
dairy schools, experimental stations and
all the machinery of modern dairy edu-
cation to get men who keep COWS to
consider the cost of producing butter,
according to the COW that yields it.
Here is one of the big secrets of making
money with cows. Yet it is secret
that host of farmers will not consid
err
Now let us see Just what Prof.
Hacker has given The Dairyman to
consider. [ will not go over all the
cows he mentions, but take the Jersey
and leading Holstein. The first men
toned consumed food to the value of
$17S9 and produced butter at cost
of so cents a pound.
''The Holstein consumed food to the
value of $3l. 81 and produced butter at
a cost of i. 06 a pound Now, the way
the original article reads and the com
ments by The Dairyman still further
impress upon you the Jersey COW was
considerably in the lead over the Hol-
stein as the most profitable cow to keep.
Let us, however, do little figuring,
and see which COW was really the mon
ey maker.
THE Jersey cow consumed food to
the value of Si7,S9 and made butter at
a cost of 5, 20 cents pound She must
therefore, have made during the milk
ing period 313 pounds of butter The
milk of the average Jersey tests about 5
per cent Assuming this one to be an
average COW, she would have given dur
ing the milking period 6026 lbs. milk.
Had this been sent to the creamery the
owner would have had about 4715 lbs
skim milk returned to him.
The Holstein COW consumed food to
the value of S3l. 56, and produced hut
ter at cost of sos cents pound.
She must have produced 500 lbs. butter
during her milking period. The milk
of the average Holstein tests about 81
per cent, Taking this one, like the Jer
sey, as an average cow, we see she must
have given 14,S57 lbs. of milk during
her milking period Had this been sent
to the creamery the owner would have
had returned ~, m lbs of skim milk.
The calf from the Jersey cow would
not have been worth over two dollars,
while the Holstein calf would be worth
at least five dollars, We keep both
breeds of cattle, and | can say positively,
that with us there is more difference
than that, in the value of the calves we
have dropped, az we usually get from
six to seven dollars for Holstein calf
and dollar and Il half to two dollars
for Jersey calves.
Now, let us see what each of the two
cows earned during this milking period.
l will figure butter rs being worth &c
cents pound, and the skim milk IL.
worth 10 cents per 100 pounds; both
these figues are what are usually used
by stations and Hoard's Dairyman il
computing value of product The ac
count shows rs follows:
JERSEY COW.
BIB lbs butter at ST. ~
47.5 lbs skim milk at l5c per 100, ........... II
cali ..''..,.......... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
sI.T
Less cost of feed, u 4
Net pront ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. St}S
HOLSTEIN COW.
6aD lbs butter at ac....... .............. SlO4 n
l2T. lbs skim milk at loo. per In. ,...... 1910
call, ............ .., observation-disclosures. 80
$3.50
Less cost OF feed Observation-Disclosures. 81
Net proht' tt........,.....,....... s9ji
Here we find that the COW that Prof
Hacker and Hoard's Dairyman woul,
have us believe to be the most unproft
able one has actually earned $42 81 NOR