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depreciation is $40. Good barns are desirable; but some- 

 times barns are built on farms where live stock is so poorly 

 managed that it fails to bring in even the yearly cost of 

 the building; and in such cases the investment results in 

 a loss. Care should be taken that the yearly cost of shelter 

 is not so high as to take all profit from the animals kept. 

 By careful attention to the conditions given above, one 

 will get an idea of how to solve such problems. 

 Questions: 



1. Why should buildings be warm? Why light? Why well 

 ventilated? 



2. Why should buildings be made convenient? 



3. Is there any danger of investing too much money in farm 

 buildings? 



Arithmetic: 



1. (a) How much is the mterest charge per year on $1,000 at 

 4 per cent? 



(b) How much is the yearly cost of insurance on the bam at 

 50c. per $100? 



(c) Such a barn will cost about $10 per year for repairs. What is 

 the total yearly cost of the bam? 



(Note: It is the sum of the yearly depreciation, interest, insur- 

 ance and repair charges.) 



2. If such a barn will shelter 20 head of stock, what will be the 

 yearly cost per head for shelter? 



3. In a similar manner figure the yearly cost per head for shelter 

 in a $4,000 barn that will shelter 40 head of stock. (Note: Find de- 

 preciation, interest, insurance and repairs at same rate as in example 

 No. 1.) 



Exercises: 



1. Make a complete list of all live stock on the home farm, 

 showing approximate value of all stock and of each kind, also numbers 

 and value of any pure-bred animals. 



2. Make a list of the different uses for which each class of stock 

 is kept. 



3. Visit one or more of the best stock farms m the community 

 and make a report in writing as to what was observed. Some of the 

 more important things to note and describe are kind or kinds of stock 

 kept, breed or breeds, uses for which they are kept, kind of pastures 

 provided, kind of buildings, whether or not a silo is used, kinds of feed 

 raised for both summer and winter use. how the products are marketed, 

 and whether or not the boys and girls of the farm are interested. 



