HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Cost and Income From a Dairy Herd
Income Includes Value of Butterfat, the Skim Milk, the Calf
and Manure, Says Experiment Station Bulletin.
TUB NET PROFITS from the dairy
herd are the difference between
the income and the cost of main
tenance, says a Minnesota experiment
station bulletin.
The income includes the value of the
butter fact, the skim milk, the calf and
the manure.
"The annual cost of mai taining a
cow comprises the following items:
Cash sundries, cash feeds, farm feeds,
labor (man and horse), general ex
penses, shelter, depreciation, machinery
and equipment, herd bulls am1 interest
on investment; the classification' is
somewhat arbitrary, as in some in
stances an item of cost might be'
charged to one class or another with
equal correctness. Cash sundries com-!
prise thse items for which cash was
paid ropes, haltcre, veterinary serv
ices and medicine. Cash feeds are those;
purchased for cash, farm feeds those!
produced on the farm. Labor includes'
foot li man and horse labor at the cur
rent rate of wages for the month and
yMr, comprising all items of labor per
formed for and affecting the dairy.
General expense comprises those items
which are i. charge U the entire farm,
and is made op of cash and labor ex
penditures. The total for the farm is
then apportioned to the productive
enterprises of which the dairy is one.
She.-r is a fixed charge fcr the use
of the buik.inp based on its r.ost, depre
ciation, repairs and the number of ani
mals sheltered. Depreciation is based
upon the productive life, death rate,
original value of the cow for consump
tion. Machinery and equipment charges
are due to the use, depreciation, re
pairs and interest on the cost of the
machinery and epuipment of the dairy.
The charge for herd bulls is the cost
of maintenance.
Interest on investment is interest at
the rate of 5 or 6 per cent on the value
of the cow at the beginning of the
year. Ml items represent actual ex
penditures ou the farms, excepting the
charges of shelter and depreciation,
which are based on averages of all the
farms for the entire period.
Oklahomo Schools
Test Seeds.
IN OKLAIIOIIA the school children
test seeds for the farmers. Every
teacher iu the state has a scoring
' sheet on which to record tmr testa.
Oklahoma Superintendent of Educa
tion Wilson in a letter te the depart -t
ment of agriculture at'; Washington,1
aays: " " ' ' '." " - . ' '-',:.'- ;'
"JTe mbvomcnt has been atarted ia
.'" our state ivnieh -can xeotrit in a much
( good-witli o little cost to the people!
i generally. It furnint.es en of the beat'
lessons that can be taught in botany
or-agriculture, and affords the oppor
tunity to come in closer contact with
every farmer in the community a thing
which all good teachers are anxious to
de."
It certainly sounds resultful; teaches
tho children, tests the seed and intro
duces ihe teacher and the farmer into
each other's good graces. And all these
are important effects, but there should
be unusual- rejoicing if some one- has
found a way to make the teacher and
the farmer acquainted. Where one can
i find a good teacher and good farmers
laboring -together he wilt find a good
community for agrieulttire aad a good
. eemmunitr Jot . lirtne. Bvery rural
. teacher should be a rural, teador,
Making Farm life
More Pleasant
N THE current issue of Fsrm
I Fireside. Alice Elizabeth Wells
writes an article entitled "A Busi
ness Proposition," in which she shows
how farmers ought to keep strict ac
count books with pages devoted to
poultry, calves, pigs, cows, bees, orch
ards, gardens, etc., just as any other
business is operated. In no other man
ner can the farmer tell exactly: what
part of his business is profitable. Miss
Wolls goes n -to -aay:
"I believe no feature of farm like
would appeal more forcibly to our girts
and boys jhao this, Ic'. them know
that topping pigs, eleanieg poultry
houses, or spraying fruit troes are only
details of a paying business proposi
tion and no more disagreeable than:
sweeping stores, waiting on unpleasant
customers, or dealing with unscrupulous
business men, Keeping a book account
with flocks and heeds, field and pas
tures, adds to the dignity of rural life
and to our own self-respect. I venture
to add that one traveling through the
country with the idea in view of meas
uring comparative prof.perity of indi
vidual farm-owners can quite accurate
ly judge by environment just who
make a profession of their business and
just who, in a happy-go-lucky manner,
follow along in the line of least resist
ance, rcjoicir.g in good years and good
luck and repining when clouds -refuse.
to abed moisture a tens retuM to
Stories at Which You
Will Smile
B'S THE most careful man I ever
knew."
"That sot"
Yes. I asked him if he could
change a ten-dollar bill the other )day,
and what do you suppose be didt" "
"He made ne show the ten before
fcVd commit himself. Said he'd been
touched for five that way before." -
Ifo Belief. " ;
I aupopse that you are relieved of.
considerable expense, now that it is no
longer necessary for you to supply the
midnight oil for your son at college!
"On the contrary, explained the
father, "since commencement I have
been impressed with the relatively
higher cost of burning midnight gaso
line."
.
Writing That Pays.
What does this voune fellow write!
I won't have my daughter married to a
starving author,"
Off the handle, as usual, dad. That
young fellow wrote $400,000 worth of
life insurance last year. " v
A Lamb in the Street.
"Kidd looks very sheepish lately. He
seems to have been thoroughly cowed
by -something.""
Dido 't you hear! He foolishly took
a steer from a bull on a bear market."
A Seal Treat.
kind.
"My wife is an exceedingly
hearted woman."
"Gives the sparrows some crumbs of
bread every day, I see."
"And, you may have noticed, occa
sionally some crumbs of cake."
Clear Inference.
"Jim told me a riproaring joke that
was played on some member of your
club last evening. Were you there!"
"Yes, I was there! It was an abom
inable farfetched"
'O-ohl Jinx did not tell me that you
were the man it was on."
No Change.
Tho prince of Monaco, who, having
had both an English and an American
wife, knows whereof he speaks, said of
marriage:
'Through marriage a trench woman
gains her liberty, an English 'woman
loses hers and an American woman
continues to do as she likes."
Welcome Caller.
Visitor What lovely furniture!
Little Tommy Yes. I think the man
we bought it from is sorry now he sold
it, Anyway he's always calling.
State Conference of Educators.
A statewide conference on educational
problems will be held at the University
of Oregon,. Eugene, July 17 and 18, in
connection with the university summer
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