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Some Correlations in the Cost of Milk Production¹

Newark, Delaware

ABSTRACT

Many of the smaller dairies utilize large amounts per cow of cheap bulky roughages of low nutritive value while the larger dairies use forage of a better grade. This makes a comparison on the basis amount of forage alone unfair, but the following conclusions are believed to be conservative enough to stand with the support of the accompanying data:

1. In dairies making efficient use of the forage fed there is a tendency for the value of the cows to be higher in the dairies using most forage while it will be lower in those which use large amount of forage inefficiently.
   
2. More grain is generally fed in the dairies using most forage. Thus, an increase in the use of forage does not generally displace part of the grain fed.
   
3. There is a tendency for an increase in labor to accompany an increase in the use of forage.
   
4. The product per cow tends to increase, though not proportionately, as more forage is fed, and at the same time, up to a certain point, the cost of production per quart probably decreases, and the profit per quart will increase if the increase in forage is not accompanied by a corresponding or greater increase in some of the other factors of expense.
   

¹ Continued from volume 2, no. 2.