THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JULY, 1928 



How Much Does a Hen Earn? 



('(inlinu'-d tiom pa^'- 3, column 1 

 Increased Inventory .45 .49 



Labor Return 



Value of Labor 4i hours 

 (S> 45( 



$2.96 $2.71 



2.02 2.02 



Total 



$7.54 $8.09 



Charges : 



All Feed $3.14 

 Chicks and Hatching Eggs .34 

 Fuel, Litter and Incidental .23 

 Small Equipment and Re- 

 pairs .17 

 Depreciation of Bldgs. and 



Equip. .16 



Decreased Inventory .19 



Interest at 5% .35 



$3.55 

 .39 

 .48 



.33 



.17 

 .11 

 .35 



$4.58 $5.38 



SURE 

 DEATH TO 

 CORN 

 BORERS! 



Government authori- 

 ties agree that ensiling 

 of corn is sure death 

 to the European corn 

 borer. 



They also agree that si- 

 lage increases nulk yield, 

 as numerous tests have 

 shown. 



Build a Concrete 



Silo— Feed Cattle 



from it all Winter 



A Concrete sUo solves 

 thewinter feeding prob- 

 lem, especially when 

 drouth makes short hay 

 crops. 



'Concrete Stave Silos," our 

 free booklet, tells the whole 

 story. Write for your copy. 



PORTLAND CEMENT 

 ASSOCIATION 



A national orzanization to improve and 

 extcr"' f^" i(*t'< fif crtncrete 



10 High Street 

 BOSTON 



Concrete for t'ermanence 



Profit over All Costs $ .94 $ .69 



Percentage Return on 



Invcstinent 18.4'/f 14.8% 



(Including Interest) 

 * Fowls, Broilers and Roasters 



If one is interested in knowing what 

 profit is made or what percentage return 

 is to be expected for capital invested in 

 the poultry business, these may be com- 

 puted by deducting the value of labor 

 from the "labor return." The estimated 

 average value of all labor employed in 

 caring for the flocks was $.45 per hour or 

 $2.02 per bird in 1927. Subtracting as 

 indicated, leaves a profit of $.94 per bird 

 in 1926 of $.69 per bird in 1927. Ex- 

 pressed as a percentage i-eturn and in- 

 cluding interest, this rather hypothetical 

 "better than average hen" returned $18.4 

 per cent of the capital invested in her in 

 1926 and 14.8 per cent in 1927. 



My Chib Work 



i.'untinued I'roni pjigt- li. column 1 



I raised rabbits and since they often 

 managed to escape I decided to make a 

 box trap for my third thing. It is very 

 useful to a rabbit raiser. I made it en- 

 tirely of B stock and left it unfinished be- 

 cause when exposed to the weather it will 

 gray and not present a natural appear- 

 ance to little bunny. 



The fourth was an electric table lamp. 

 I started with a 7 inch beveled base. 

 Next a three inch piece just like the first. 

 Then an eleven inch hollow verticle piece 

 with a cap an top for the socket to fit 

 into. The cord ran from the socket down 

 through the hollow piece and out through 

 a hole in the main base. 



I also made a simple door stop with a 

 rooster for a head piece. 



Charles V. Thayer 



* 



Alfalfa Stand at Ware 



*'(intinU'-d from p;i^f 1. columii 2 



The chief point of interest is the change 



. ai vegetation to white clover and blue 



grass where superphosphate and pota.sh 



' were applied and also to note the greatly 



increased growth where the cows left 



drfippings on these same plots. One ton 



j of lime as a top dressing seems just as 



I effective as a more liberal amount. The 



I plots are now fenced off and nitrate of 



soda applied to most of the pints on June 



30 after the grass previously grown had 



been cut and removed. A .-second party 



will be held there sometime during the 



. pasture season. 



Records Tell 

 The Story 



The annual report of the Hampden 

 County (Mas.sachusetts) Herd Im- 

 provement Association h.-is ju.st been 

 publi.'^hed. Of the 2.5 heids complet- 

 ing" the yeai', 18 wei'e Ea.stern State.'^ 

 fed. Of the 14 to average over 300 

 pounds butterfat per cow. 12 were 

 Ea.stein .State.'? fed. Of the 9 to aver- 

 age over 7.TII0 pounds milk per cow, 

 H were Eastern States fed. 



But by practical dairymen the feed 

 eo.'it per hundred pounds of milk or 

 per pound of butterfat is considered 

 along- with high production. High 

 production is important, but it must 

 be made at a profit or it is not worth 

 much to the producer who depends 

 on the milk check for his income. 



Edward P. Marriott's herd which 

 led the Association in butterfat pi'o- 

 duftion per cow and was 4th in milk 

 production per cow was 3rd in low 

 cost of fat production and fith in low 

 cost of milk production. This herd 

 averaged 9100 pounds milk, 411 

 pounds fat per cow and made milk 

 at a total feed cost of $1.63 per hun- 

 dred pounds, and fat at a cost of 36c 

 a pound. 



)\ P. Bolle's herd, which ranked 

 first from the standpoint of low cost 

 production with a feed cost of .$1.3.5 

 I)er hundred pounds of milk pi'o- 

 duced. had a pioduction averaging 

 '143-1 pounds milk. 321 pounds fat per 



row. 



P.anking the herds from the stand- 

 point of low feed cost per hundred 

 pounds of milk produced, six of the 

 firsf ten were Eastern States fed. 

 They ranked' 1. two figured in a 

 three-cornered tie for 2nd place. 5, 

 H and 7. leaving for the herds fed 

 other grain than Eastern States: 2. 8. 

 :i and 10. 



Ranking the herds from the stand- 

 point of low feed cost per pound of 

 butterfat produced, seven of the first 

 ten were Eastern States fed. They 

 ranker: 1. 2. 3. 4, 5. 6 and 8. leaving 

 for the herds fed other grain than 

 E.-fSterti .States the positions of 7. 9 

 <ni\ 111, 



It is interesting to note that the 

 lirgest herds in th<' Ass<iciation com- 

 oosed of 43 cows and the smallest 

 herd composed of 3 cows are among 

 the herds in the Hampden County 

 Herd Improvement Associati^m re- 

 '■eiving Eastern .States feeds con.si.st- 

 ently. Eastern States feeds appael to 

 farmers who are keeping records of 

 the cost of production per cow 

 whether they .ire interested in fat 

 production or milk production. Large 

 li'ids or small. 



\% here recoril.s :ir*» kept l'':lNtern 

 ^liUe.s t'eellM pr*i\e llieir wortli. 



l-'or information on the EasteiTi 

 .states feed service for poultry, hogs 

 and horses as well as dairy cattle, 

 write the ofllce. 



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