Gresham outlook., June 12, 1914, Image 20

IICClT AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Make Your Boy|
Happy
Cost an d Incom e F ro m a D a ir y H e r d
Income Includes Value of B utterfat, the Skim Milk, the Calf
and Manure, Says Experim ent Station Bulletin.
General expense com prises t ’ oa* items
which are
charge tv th e en tire farm ,
and is made i p o f cash and labor ex
penditures '1 he to tal fo r th e farm is
then :<ppo Coned to the produet ve
enterprises of which the d airy is one.
bhe r is n fixed charge fcr the use
of the built mg based on Its ’ost, depr •
ciation, r q m s an.I the num ber of nni
mala sb elft.ed . Depr •clarion is based
upon th e productive life, death rate,
original value of the cow fc r consump
tion.
M achinery and equipm ent charges
are due to the use, depreciation, re
pairs and in terest on th e cost of th^
m achinery and epnipm ent of the dairy.
T he charge for herd bulls is the cost
of m aintenance.
H E N E T PR O FIT S from the dairy
lierd arc th e d ifferen ce betw een
th e inc tin e a nJ the cost of in a in
tenanee, says a M innesota experim ent
statio n bulletin.
The income includes th e valti of the
b u tte r fa ct, the skim milk, the calf aud
tho manure.
‘ ‘The annual cost o f mai ta in in g a
cow com prises th? follow ing item s:
Cash sundries, cash feeds, farm feeds,
labor (m an and horse), general ex
penses, shelter, depreciation, Machinery
, and equipm ent, herd bulls an»’ in terest
on iu v estm eu t; th e classificatio n is
som ewhat a rb itra ry , as in some in
. stances an item of east niL;ht be
charged to one class or another with
equal correctness, ('ash sundrie.» com
prise th ,s e item s lo r which cash was
p aid —ropes, h alters, v eterin ary s e rv ­
ices and .»ed«cine. Cash feeds are those
purchased for cash, farm feeds those
produced on the farm . Labor includes
both man rn u horse labor at the cur
rent ra te of wages fo • the month and
year, com prising all item s of lab.ir per
JoritirJ fo r and id ie c tin g th e dairy.
In terest on investm ent is interest at
the la te of f» or G per cent on the value
oF the cow at the beginning o f the
year. All item s represent actual ex
penditures on the farm s, excepting the
charges of sh elter and depreciation,
which are based on averages of all the
farm s fur the en tire period.
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test s- s i. i ; lie farm ers. Every
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r.- o r 1 the tests.
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in a t \t u^kingtuu,
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'ii-'it has Ite.n s.o rtcd in
. our >.!it>- • eh .-an •e.-ult in so much
g o o d w i t h t o l.l.le cost to the people
gem rn > It ftirn.si.es out c f the best
lu.-soi s th at ran In- tau g h t in botany
i r n ,i c i.'i.r.-, nmI a f l o r is th e -ippor
t u n \ to i me m d iner co n tact w ith
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t : i in * r ’ .1 I he con: in u n ity —a th in g
v .. o -it! g ind 'e a rn e rs arc .in v io ii to
T w o-H orse Brand
Overalls
T h e kind that is made
for comfort and long wear.
No Relief.
Making Faria Life
Mure Pleasant
A R eal T reat.
1 ‘ ‘ My w ife is an exceedingly kind-
■ N T H E c u n c n t issue of F. rm and hearted w o m an ."
‘ ‘ Gives the sparrow s some crum bs of
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I’.i aide, Alice E lizabeth
Wells
w rites an article en titled “ A Busi bread every day, 1 s e e ."
‘ ‘ And, yoi may have noticed, occa
ie s s P ro p o s itio n ,'’ in w hich slut shows
bow fa rm irs ought to keep stric t ac sionally some crumbs of cak e.’ ’
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count books with pages devoted to
Clear Inference.
poultry, calves, pig», cows, bees, orch
“ Jim told tne a riproaring joke that
a r ls , gardens, etc., ju s t as any o th er
business is operated. In no oth er mat was played on some member of your
ncr can th e farm er tell exactly wliat Club last evening Were you th e r e f”
“ Yes. I was there! It was an abom
p a rt of Ins business is pro fitab le. Miss
inabte fa rfetch ed " —
Well* geos on fo say .
“ O oh! Jinx did not tell me that you
“ 1 believe no feature of farm like
o n .’ ’
wc'.iil apjieal more forcibly to our girls were the man it • was
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and boys .han Uns. l«e them know
No Change.
that slopping pigs cleaning («oultrv
The
prince
of Moitont, who, having
houses, or spraying fruit trees are only
details o f a paying bustness proposi­ had both an English and an American
tion and no more disagreeable than wife, knows whereof he speaks, said of
sweeping ato.-es, w i.itm g on unpleasant marriage:
“ Through marriage a French woman
customers, or dealing with unscrupulous
business men. Keeping a book account gains her liberty, an English woman
woman
with Hocks and herds, field and pas­ loses hers aud an American
she lik e s.”
tures, adds to the dignity of rural life continues to do as
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and to our own self respect. 1 venture
Welcome Caller.
to add that one traveling through the
Visitor — What lovely
furniture!
country with the idea in view of meaa
uring comparative prosperity c f indi­ Little Tommy— Ves. I think the man
vidual farm owner» can quite accurate­ wo bought it from is sorry now he sold
ly judge by environment just who it. Anyway he's always callirg.
make a profession of their business and
just who, in a happy go ducky manner,
State Conference of Educators.
follow along in the line o f least resist
A » (» te n d e couferesce on edueatiorsl
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“ On the c o n tra ry ,” explained the
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been impressed w ith th e relatively
It ceil im ly .ounda re s'ilti..!; teaches high, r cost of burning m idnight gaso
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due s I. • te n In i anil the farm er into
each i t h i r 's g o . 1 graces. And nil these
Writing That Pays.
are ini|K»i|.ant e ff e .is , tint th ere should
“ W hat does th is vourf, fellow w ritef
lie untisurl rejoicing if some one has I w on't have my d au g h ter m arried to a
1 -in.I a vi'.v to ma he the teach er and stn rv in g a u th o r ."
th e t -in i ac piaitited Where one con
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co.i: niinity 1 -r ayr.c illore m il a good
e.nnu. irily for liv in g
E very rural
A La Tib in t ’is S t.c e t.
te av h rr should be a rural leader
K idd looks v ery sh“ep >Ti lately. He
xcems to have been thoroughly cowed
by f.ornpltoitig. ”
“ D id n ’t you hear? He foolishly took
a ulcer from a bull on . b ear m a rk e t.”
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lay.”
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with never a care in the
world and you will make
him a healthy, happy hoy.
Be sure to buy hint
at j J L 'S T H E most careful man I ever
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‘ ‘ Yes. 1 asked him if he could
change a ten-rlollar bill the o th er day,
and w hat d» yon sop|s,se be d id ? ”
“ He made me show th e ten before
h e ’d commit liimself. Said h e 'd been
touched fcr five th a t way b e fo re ."
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