A PROFITABLE COW.
A cow recently killed at Ararat Hospital for the Insane has shown a. handsome profit. The cow purchased il years ago for £B. She was milked for nine years out of the 11, and returned 26,280 quarts of milk, an average of eight quarts per day. Valuing this at 4d per quart, a. total of £438 worth of milk was produced. To keep the cow cost £8 per year, and deducting the purchase money a profit of £347 5s 9d was shown. Even this was added to, for the carcase netted from the butcher £5 5s 9d.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10771, 18 January 1932, Page 4
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100A PROFITABLE COW. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10771, 18 January 1932, Page 4
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