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Excerpt from Individual Differences in the Value of Dairy Cows
There are vast differences in the efficiency and profit derived from individual dairy cows.
One cow may produce more than twice as much butter-fat in a year as another on exactly the same feed basis.
A good cow, well cared for, may produce five times as much as the average cow in the United States, or nearly as much as three profitable cows for Illinois.
Nearly all dairymen are keeping a portion of their herd at an actual loss.
Many keep cows that pay only half as much a bushel for the grain consumed as other cows in the same herd.
Excellent cows are obtainable at a reasonable price in nearly all sections of the country. (there is almost no dairying in this region, yet the cow Rose and several others nearly as good were purchased in this community for fifty dollars each.) Give the cows a one-week test every three months; have a profitable standard; gradually raise it each year and dispose of any cows that do not come up to this.
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