Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-08-20

large majority" 1t is right. Will
they be allowed to do it?-Morrisville
Messenger.
Barton Always Has Abundant Water
Supply.
Unless rain falls within few days,
Hardwick is facing a serious shortage
of water. There is enough at present
for the every day needs of the people.
providing it is shut off at night, but in
case of a sudden fire at night the
problem of fire fighting would be
serious, and it is probable the citizens
would be obliged to resort to the old
time bucket brigade and get water
from the river. We have had three
slight fires here within a week which
should bring home to the people the
need of extreme caution at this time.
-Hardwick Gazette.
Interesting Cow Facts.
The Orleans County Monitor pub.
lished some very interesting facts
concerning 400 COWS which have been
under the control Of the Memphrema-
cog Cow Testing Association for one
year. Notice we said 'facts'' and no
II guess ct should Think "It
ought to be- or anything Of that kind.
The ass ociation has given it's members
exact information regarding every
cow IN the herds under It's inspection
and the findings are indisputable.
Here is the average result for the
400 COWS. Amount of milk per COW,
a, $50 pounds; butter fat, 204. 3 pounds !;
per cent of butter fat, At; price for
butter fat, 33 cents per pound value
per year, 500. 10; cost Of roughage,
$28. So; cost Of grain, $16.79; profit
per COW, S22. 80; return on each dollar
expended, ST.. So feed cost Of one pound
of butter fat, % cents, :; feed cost OF
100 pounds of milk, S1.O4.
The average of 2O4.3 pounds Of
butter fat per cow is considerably
above the average of the state, which
is less than $50 pounds. So this test
This statement gives the profit of each
I COW as $22.8 80. This is not correct
1t is really the amount of money
produced in excess of the cost of feed.
To get the exact profit it would be
necessary to ascertain the cost of
caring for, and housing the cow, and
the interest on the money value of the
cow and the depreciation in her value
during the year. When these items
are determined the profit of the COW
will not be very large. Doubtless
less than third of the COWS in the
state will produce $68.19 worth of
butter per year and this will explain
to some degree the cry of hard times
among the farmers.
Other results fully as interesting
are obtained. For instance out OF the
twenty-five herds tested the feed cost
of pound of butter in Herd E was
tWenty-nine cents per pound, (the
highest COST while in Herds 0 and R
it was only eighteen cents a pounC
(the lowest cost. Further comparison
of these herds shows that the return
on every collars worth of feed was
$1.16 in Herd E, $1.Sl in Herd o anC
ST. 80 in Herd R. The highest average
profit per cow was $3278 in Hero
and the lowest S.. 70 in Herd w
The highest cost of feed per COW was
$685. 70 per COW in Herd F, and the
lowest $25. SO in Herd G. These differ
ences in figures can be very proftably
studied to determine whether or moi
the Individual farmer is feeding to the
best advantage
The star performer in the organiza
ton was in Herd B, which produced
3765 pounds Of butter fat while the
poorest COW was in Herd @, producing
only 85 a pounds. The COW giving the
largest profit over cost Of feed was
in Herd and gave SCI. So and the
most improbable COW was in Herd {
and showed loss of $1097 from the
cost of her feed. Now there should
be an investigation of the reason why
the COW producing the most butter fat
was not the most profitable. So the
comparison of facts might be continued
!, and valuable information obtained from
them, but it ought to be evident tt
any sensible farmer that it is worth
while to know what the association
has already shown that it paves the
way for much more valuable knowl
, edge. Again we ask how can the
farmers of Caledonia county sit idly
by and fail to organize and secure this
valuable information? Why not take
steps for immediate action and more
progressive farming than you have
: ever done?-St. Johnsbury Caledonian