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. 1918 Excerpt: ...was evidently more largely due to better cows. A herd of 91 cows in one association produced in 12 months a total income of $58 over cost of feed, or 6-1 cents for each cow. When the owner sends that herd to the block he is to be congratulated. The country is not yet so short of dairy products that anyone need milk ...
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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. 1918 Excerpt: ...was evidently more largely due to better cows. A herd of 91 cows in one association produced in 12 months a total income of $58 over cost of feed, or 6-1 cents for each cow. When the owner sends that herd to the block he is to be congratulated. The country is not yet so short of dairy products that anyone need milk such cows. A farmer who owned a very large farm of poor land is reported to have said: "I know that my land is worthless, but it makes a fellow feel good to think he owns a thousand acres." Possibly it made the owner of the scrub herd "feel good" to. think he owned 91 cows. In a herd of cows in another association, the poorest produced only income enough over cost of feed to buy a twocent postage stamp. For labor and miscellaneous expenses of all kinds the owner had only the manure, skim milk, and calf. It seldom pays to sell a good cow; it never pays to keep a poor one. It has been estimated that the average production of all the dairy cows in the United States is 160 pounds of butterfat a year. The average production of all the cows in the 40 associations studied was 247 pounds a year. Careful tabulations of the records of the 40 associations show that a production of 160 pounds of butterfat a year gave an income of $23 over cost of feed, while the average income over cost of feed for all the cows in these associations was $47, or a little more than twice as much. Undoubtedly the dairymen who join cow-testing associations are more progressive than the average, and own cows and farms that are much above the average, but the fine showing made by association cows should be credited, in large measure, to association work. Certainly the cow-testing associations return many dollars more than they cost. It is encouraging also to kn...
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Publisher:
United States Department of Agriculture
Published:
1916
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18057963172
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. AGRICULTURE. Some mild discoloration to rear cover cloth-not bad. 616pp. Many photos & illustrations. Index. A sound copy. Promoting global literacy for over 40 years. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
Publisher:
United States Department of Agriculture
Published:
1896
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17164296305
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Good. No Dust Jacket. 656pp. Many photos & illustrations. Index. A sound copy near vg. Promoting global literacy for over 30 years. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover. Very Good / no dust jacket. PO name inside. Clear Text and Images. Minor shelf-wear. Mild age tanning. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
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Good with no dust jacket. Black cloth, faded at spine, worn edges, corners bent. Text is reasonably tight for large book. Photographs, charts, maps fold-outs and 7 full color fruit plates illustrate report.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 846 pages.
