This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...and allowing for new milk fed to calves, it is evident that the production per cow is between 4,100 and 4,500 pounds. The average production per cow on farms selling market milk was about 5,500 pounds. A STUDY OF HERDS WITH SIX OR MORE COWS Sice of Herds. Number of herds of each size. Of 605 farms operated by owners, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ...and allowing for new milk fed to calves, it is evident that the production per cow is between 4,100 and 4,500 pounds. The average production per cow on farms selling market milk was about 5,500 pounds. A STUDY OF HERDS WITH SIX OR MORE COWS Sice of Herds. Number of herds of each size. Of 605 farms operated by owners, 298 had less than 6 cows, 263 had 6 to 15 cows, 34 had 16 to 25 cows and 10 had over 25 cows; or only 8 per cent of the farmers had more cows than one man ordinarly milks and cares for, and only 2 per cent kept more cows than ordinarily require two men. The average value per cow is greatest in the largest herds. The cows in the herds of 6 to 15 averaged $39 in value, those in herds of over 25 averaged $55. The receipts per cow are about one-third more in the large herds than in the small ones. Only those farmers with small herds can afford to keep poor cows. Those with large herds must keep good cows. A small loss per cow on a few cows is easily made up by profits on hay or some other crop, but the same loss on a large number of cows would mean failure. Cattle Products on Farms with Six or More Cows. Comparison of the kinds of products sold. All the farms having 6 or more cows wrere used in making a comparison of the kinds of products sold. If 50 per cent or more of the cattle product was sold as market milk, creamery milk, retail milk, butter, or as veal calves, the farm was classified under the corresponding head. If no one of these products was half of the total receipts per cow, the farm was classed, as miscellaneous. The chief dairy product was milk, sold to a creamery, on 137 farms; market milk, either shipped to New York or sold to a local retailer, 89 farms; butter, 51 farms; milk retailed by the farmer, 10 farms; veal calves, 9 farms. ...
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