The feed cost of producing milk

Though this problem of the cost of producing milk has been on worked on extensively in a number of states, very little has been done in the South, particularly in Tennessee. Anyone well acquainted with dairy feeding conditions in this state knows that there is an abundance of room for improvement. The production of the average Tennessee cow is low, and due mainly to poor cows, poor feeding and poor handling.

Realizing these things it was thought worth while to do some work toward determining the feed cost, or mere strictly speaking, the pounds of the several different classes of feeds required to produce a given amount of milk or butterfat. Pounds were used rather than dollars and cents, they being more stable.