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ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



to invest money in stock if one could not get as much in- 

 terest on it as if it were invested in some other enterprise. 

 A very common rate of interest is 6%. Thus, if one had 

 $400 invested in Uve stock for a year, one of the charges 



against the stock would 

 be an interest charge of 

 $24, as that is the amount 

 $400 would earn, if loaned 

 at 6%. 



Feed. — The value of 

 all feed consumed must 

 be charged to the stock. 

 This is usually the only 

 charge considered, but 

 it is evident that the 

 other items mentioned 

 are as legitimate charges. 

 It seems at first thought 

 that it would be difficult 

 to keep account of the 

 amount of feed fed to 

 each cow or to all the 

 cows, but very httle time 

 is required to get ap- 

 proximately the amount 

 fed for a month. If one 

 carefully weighs, for a 

 few days, the hay and 

 ^^grain that are fed, one 

 can soon learn to feed 

 about the desired amount 

 without weighing, but simply by using the same measure 

 for grain and giving about the same sized forkful of hay 

 or the same number of bundles of fodder. When one 

 knows about the amount of feed fed per day, the amount 

 fed per month can be ascertained by multiplying it by the 

 number of days in the month. 



Labor or any work done in caring for any class of five 

 stock or marketing the product must be charged against 

 the enterprise; because, if a man hires labor, he must pay 



Figure 150. — ;Weighing hay. If one weighs 

 hay a few times when feeding one will soon 

 be able to tell approximately how much 



V ; one is feeding without weighing it every 



T- . time. 



