Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 24, DeMotte, Jasper County, 5 January 1933 — Cows Carried at a Loss [ARTICLE]

Cows Carried at a Loss

Daijry herd improvement association records show that cows producing 100 pounds of butterfat a year brought in an income over cost of feed of exactly sll per cow. These cows tsere carried at a loss, because sll was not enough to pay for labor and^yerhead. Cows that produced 400 pounds of butterfat a year returned an income over cost of feed of $136 per cow.