Appendix Table 6. Annual Crop Operating Expenses Per Acre.* 



» Computed from data presented in Appendix Tables 3 and 4. 



^ Fuel and lubrication based on 2.6 gallons per hour of operation of tractor with fuel 

 at 16 cents per gallon and lubrication at 2 cents per tractor hour. 



" Miscellaneous includes such costs as sprays, twine, etc. 



Appendix Table 7. Summary of Annual Receipts, Expenses (Excluding Feed 

 and Labor), Per 1,200 Pound Dairy Cow and Replacement. 



Receipts : 



10,000 lbs. 3.5% milk @ $5.00/cwt. 

 Cull Cowa 240 lbs. @ $14.00/cwt. 

 Cull Calvesl' 



Expenses : 



Breeding (artificial insemination) 



Veterinary and medical fees 



Milk testing 



Milk marketing @ 20 cents/cwt. 



Bedding, 1 ton @ $20/ton 



Miscellaneousc 



$500.00 

 33.60 

 22.00 



5.20 



6.00 



6.00 



20.00 



20.00 



11.00 



a Based on annual replacement rate of 20 percent (1,200 lbs. X 20% =240). 



^ Three out of each 10 calves bom are saved for replacements, permitting sale of 7 

 calves immediately after birth; one of the three replacements is sold at age of one-year. 

 Thus sale culls on a dairy basis includes 0.7 calf at $10 per head and 75 pounds of 

 yearling at $20 per cwt. or $22.00 per year. 



<^ Miscellaneous includes such items as equipment and supplies and a death loss of 

 0.5 percent of total receipts. 



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