Typed as spelled - Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty-First Year Number (Missing)
Marlin, Texas, Tuesday, November 10, 1931
CHILTON DAIRYMAN GIVES
FIGURES FOR OCTOBER
Fourteen Cows Returned Over Thirty Five
Dollars Above Cost of
Feed
Records kept by J. B. Davis of Chilton on his dairy herd in co-operation with
the extension service of A. and M. College of Texas show 14 cows netted him
$35.56 above feed cost during October, states Dan Clinton, Falls county farm
agent.
They produced 4715 pounds of milk, or 254 8-10 pounds of fat valued at $67.54.
At 50 cents per head, pasturage cost was $7, 1816 pounds of hay at $6 per ton
was fed, roughage cost being $9.88, and 2158 pounds of grain cost $15.10, making
total feed expense $31.98.
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