Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-05
Dairy Profits Determined.

Below is given the production of milk
and butter fat and the profit above feed
cost of few of the leading cows in the
Jefferson IN. H. COW test association up
to the end of July. Fred Stebbins has
the leading COW in milk production,
Perfection Aaggie Bobbett, producing
9765 pounds milk containing 293 pounds
butter fat, making a profit above feed
cost of $50. This COW freshened the
first of February. She is a pure-bred
Holstein.
j. W. Walker owns the COW which
ranks second in milk production and
| first in butter fat. She has produced
DATA pounds milk containing Ala pounds
butter fat, making a profit above feed
cost of sll3.
j. <. Deering has q COW which fresh
ened in the latter part of March. She
has produced 1866 pounds milk contain
ing 800 pounds butter fat, making
profit above feed cost of $40.
G. S. Kimball has COW which has
made 1892 pounds milk containing 34l
pounds butter fat, profit above cost OF
sol. W. G. Holmes has COW which has
produced 1860 pounds milk containing
500 pounds butter fat, making a profit
above feed cost of s72. j. A. Savage
has a COW which has produced 6S26
pounds milk containing 267 pounds but
ter fat, making profit above feed cost
of s71.
The above mentioned records are for
nine months only. There are several
more cows in this association which
have already produced over $500 pounds
milk, which is nearly 100 pounds milk
more than the average COW in this asso-
citation last year produced.
To illustrate the comparative value
between cow OF 5000 pounds capacity
and one of 1000 pounds capacity the fol-
lowing is presented from actual records
made in this association. Both cows
are taken from the same herd. They
are about the same size, fresheDed at
about the same time and look to have
the same capacity from general appear
ance, but records show to the contrary.
One COW has made 6100 pounds milk
containing 24S pounds butter fat, with
profit above feed cost of s54. The Sec
ond COW has produced 1900 pounds milk
containing 1913 pounds butter fat, with a
profit above feed cost of $50. The Sec
ond cow has made only about one-third
as much profit as cow No. /. There are
1000 pounds difference in milk produc
tion and 55 pounds difference in butter
fat. The owner of these two cows re-
marked last winter: "Tbose two cows
give about the same amount of milk, and
/ consider one as valuable as the other"
Had he not had records kept of the pro- |
duction of milk and butter fat and cost
of feed of the two cows, he would not
have realized that cow No was bring |
ing him in SS4 year more than No 2 |
COW.
Many such instances might be quoted.
Consequently, IL the dairymsn will
study his herd record and determine the
relative value of the cows in his herd
and keep the heifer calves from his best |
cows 10 replace few of his poorer cows |
each year, be will find that his average
yearly production of milk and butter fat
and the profit column will increase sur
prisingly.
In this association there have been |
about so cows sold; of this number Al |
were sold because they were proving to
be Improbable, both in the production
of milk and butter fat. Now suppose |
that these 40 Improbable cows have
been replaced by 40 average cows. The |
average cow in the association last year |
made profit above feed cost Of S44.
The 40 improbable cows would not
have made over SIS each above feed cost |
BY substituting the 40 average cove in |
place of the 40 Improbable ones, there
would be $50 gain on each COW in one
- rha mi mo Hn
$1,000 in one year.
II each member Of the association
studies his herd record and knows the
record of each individual cow in his |
herd, and when the cattle buyer comes
into his barn, sells him his poorest COW
or none, dairying will soon prove to be
more profitable to those farmers.-W.
T. Phsir, Official Tester.