Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-26
DAIRY SITUATION IS REVIEWED
present AND FUTURE PRICES

when fed 10 dairy cows.
In u case u u COW producing three
gallons ~ milk daily containing one
pound of butterfat. he would have an
Income of 25o for butterfat aud Sc
from the skim milk. valuing the skim
milk at Sc per gallon. or a total VI
Ssc daily income.
To produce this amount a COW must
consume twenty pounds of good or,li.
nary hay and about eight pounds Of con.
ccntratcs ,of which onc.third should be
cotton seed meal and two.thlrds farm.
grown grains. such as oats. barley,
sorghum grain or cornJ II should be
stated by way ~ diversion that II any
pasturagc at all In available this quaint.
~ Of feed win not be necessary and Il
IN possible under average conditions In
Texas 10 provide from nine or ten
months Of the year.
We are assuming In this instance
that no pasturagc IN available and tina,
the cow In fed ration necessary TO
produce the above quantity of milk. II
W. deduct 4isc. the price VI three
pounds Of cotton seed meal at iisc per
pound. there In left 2sisc return ON
twenty pounds ~ home grown rough.
age and five pounds u home grown
grain. Charging the COW $1,000 per
ton for the home grown roughagc which
from present Indications will repre-.
sent profit Of $500 per ton above
market values. we will have a cost "
Ice for the roughagc 90 he deducted
from the ?sisc. leaving i?,sc the cash
returns received for five pounds OF
home grown grain. This represents n
price III ?sc n pound for the grain
produced on the farm. or $40 per
hushei for corn. SOC u bushci for oats
and si.s5 bushcl for sorghum grain.
The cow producing one and a half
gallons ~ milk containing u half pound
OF buttcrfat viii represent a daily In
come ON the same basis AN figured
above of l6isc. She viii consume the
same quantity Of rough feed AN the high
producing COW. but only about half tho
quantity 81 grain will be necessary for
her production. Deducting the value
of the one ana half pounds II cot.
ton seed meal which should be fed this
cow. we have left its to pay for
twenty pounds of roughagc and two and
IA half pounds of home grown con.
cntrates. II can bc readily seen that
this COW viii not return anything like
the prices for feed as the good COW.
Naluing the hay at $40 per ton. the
estimated market prices. We have left
I lie 10 pay for two and IA half pounds
oi concentrates or 3.tc per pound for
the home grown grain. This means a
price IL sSc bushcl for corn. 56c for
oats and s1sc for the sorghum grain.
Considering this from another angle.
viz. that IL charging the COW with the
market pricc for farm grain
which literally estimated appears to be
about Sc per pound for grahn and NC
per pound for hay. the feed cost II
producing one pound 81 buttcrfat IN
the case ~ the good COW would be
for hay Zoe. fr home grwn grain
five pounds lc. purchased cotton seed
meal three pounds <isc. or total OF
ls'sc. Dcducting the value VI tho
wv thh ~ htt kWt'tir w rhttfi iutth
nj DC per gallon or Sc. We have feed
cost based ON farm prices for grain
u io,sc per pound buttcrfat.
The low producing COW win have a
feed cost of i0c for hay. si.c purchas.
ri cotton seed meal and u for homo
grown grain. making a total of axe
Dc,lucting the skim milk value Of ono
and fourth gallons. total Of e.. We
have a feed cost of Zoe for zone half
pound IL butter fat or zoe for one
pound.
Two striking conclririohs may he
drawn from the above figures. Good
dairy COWS will afford means VI mar.
kcting home grown feed at a price well
above the expected market price Of
feeds on a basis of esc buttcrfat. The
cow capable Of producing one pound
1t butterfat daily does 80 ut one half
The feed cost for the COW producing only
onc'half pound fat daily.