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B.A.. B.S.A. ""*"**" Dominion Animal Husbandman DIVISION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PROFITS FROM DAIRY COWS by E. S. ARCHIBALD. The five great essentials for making the most money in dairying are: 1. Good Cows. 2. Good Feeding. 3. Good Barns. 4. — Clean Product. 5 — Good Marketing. GOOD COWS. In order to make any profite from cows thev must h* .rn^j must be healthy, of good temperament, of the da ryTy- tod sL f ' *''"' "' '"^^ for consuming feed, regularly heavy feeders, and abole'^l'l ^avy r/oduc^rT' '""''''' It IS impossible to tell the profitable from the unprofiUble cows in th. h ^ . yon have individual records of milk and fat produced '"'* ""'*'^ DAIRY COW RECORDS An increasingly large number of dairy farmers have «v»ii«j ♦i. offer made by this Division to supply, free of cost form! IT *^^"'^«'^" <" the the milk yidds of the individual cows in their herds Thiri,"*"" '?•,'""' '""'"'' °' of the advanced methods being adopted by our farmers. """'''''"^ '"'"'^''"•'" As there apparently are many farmers who as vpt h«v» n„f •. ^ . this offer, being in ignorance of this distribuUon. 'the week C Zi '""'T'^'' Illustrated shows the simplicity and utility of same. ^•'^''-'°'"f ""'k record her. The forms for distribution are as follows — ^^ Month long-Dally milk record, suitable for herds numbering up to twenty-two Week long— Daily records for herds of sixteen cows. 2 Weeli lonjr — Daily records for herds of twenty-four cows. Monthly summary records. Yearly summary records. Feed record forms. DAILY MILK RECORD. HerJ hchvijihr, to Thh form supplied free by Live Stork Post Office Divimon, Central Experimental Record for itcek ending harm, Ottawa, Ont. COWS Day Sunday. j Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday Time 'Morning . [Evening.. Morning . Evening. . [Morning . Evening.. Morning . Evening. . Total for day Thursday. Friday. IMoming (Evening. Morning Evening. Morning Saturday. Evening. Total ...| Week | Remarks : J. H. Grisdale, Director. (Reverse Side or Record Form) CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. E. S. Archibald, Dominion Animal Husbandman. Milk Records. 1 Tho profitable dairy cow must give over 5,000 pounds of milk uch year. To know the valut of u cow her total annual yield of milk must be known. The only way to know this is to keep a record of her daily milk yield. i.. Tim form on the other side of this sheet is intended to help progressive dairj- farmers by supplying them with a simple and convenient sheet for the keeping of the ycr record. If ^ have L' ^X To™s'':;?it^^f ''"' *" '"^^''' " ^""^^ <>' of these'":!: XbuT^heS^'ucSs't'o 'th^'r'^"' "f^^^^"' '^'*'^~ ^'^-^- M-> the thing a triaif yon Ire I dai™n° u'^'^f/"^ °' *"'='• '«=<»•<*«■ Why not give lighten your laLur „ce your n'^.Ts wi Te incrT'^ ^°"' "'" P^"'^""^'- '* -"' lightens labour.' It will show vorth! nTnl A m "* I" ^""^ ^""^ *"«^ '*"*"««* get rid of her too quicWy. "^ unprofitable cow, the 'boarder.' You cannot one L fh^lT^S IJ^d rfalf di': 'Tf^rral'dT ""^ ''^ ^^^"^ ^^ *>- the undersigned for perticulars A sma<- nllff '°'=^' '*«.'''«'• '=«""°t supply you write find the spring balancrSrable ' °"" '"'' "^ '""'^ ~"'«"'-*' ^"^ -« you wo^ldZtT'l"''" T:'' "' *"' '""°""* °^ '°«° '^ to individual cows If ^on.inirii^ ^:lz^, s^rci^^'^^r: ssSt'- ^-^-'" WHAT PROFIT PER COW DO YOU MAKE? ^^^ Have you ever figured your cows as a business proposition and in a business-like Here is a fair estimate. How docs your herd compare with it? TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENSES BASED ON AN AVERAGP rnnn no*,.., HE»D OP « COW., AND PHOOUCNO PUKE M^K^kSt CEPX^mD, Cost of feed for cow giving 5,727 lbs. milk Barn for housing cows and feed (45.00 per cow) Interest, taxes and depreciation, Repairs, Insurance, etc., 10 per cent Value of cow (65.00 per grade cow) ■* ®° Interest at 6 per cent Depreciation at 10 per cent ^ ^^ Value of tools, dairy implements, etc., per cow "(sioO) ^ ^^ interest and depreciation on same at :0 per cent Value of brushes, aprons, towels, ice, record .sheets soap, veterinary supplies, etc ' Cost of pure-bred bull per cow (including 6 per -ent interest of $150.00 and maintenance) Care of cow and milk for year, men at 16 cents pe* hour 1. 2. 60 1 00 3 00 30 50 Total cost per year Or total cost per 100 lbs. milk .1102 11 1 78 CREDIT TO COW. Value on her milk at 1.20 per cwt Chemical value of manure, 10 tons in 365 days at Z.-'S when well kept and well applied 22 50 Humus value of manure (365 days) 22 60 68 70 4 •1. 1 grade calf yearly 5 00 5. Bedding; not calculated as it is worth its average eetimate as manure Total credit per year jUg 70 Profit not considering mortality and other risks, per cow 16 59 You can increase your profit per cow only by: 1. Producing better cows to cheapen production. 2. Testing your cows individually to get rid of boarders. 3. Raising more feed and better feed per acre, and using plenty of succulent feeds — roots and ensilage. 4. Better feeding. 5. Save labour by keeping better cows, in better barns, and using modern labour saving utensils. 11. Increase market returns by better marketing. For further information and bulletins write to your nearest Experimental Farm or to the Dominion Animal Husbandman, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Published by direction of the Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister of Agriculture.