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the wholesale price. And then I bought a bran substitute, 27,760 pounds 

 at $33.00, total $459.04. Then we bought 25,700 pounds of oil meal at 

 $51.50 and that came to $663.93. Might add we hauled the above feed, 

 $78.00. Now, then, I fed in hay, the following: 75 tons at $18.00, 

 $1,350.00, and there was 288 tons of ensilage, which I estimated at its 

 feeding value, $6.00, $1,628.00; and then 30 tons of straw at $5.00, 

 $150.00. Now then, the total hours of labor spent on the cows; one man 

 I paid $60.00 a month and boarded him, and I put it in at $900.00. There 

 is another man I paid $780.00, and one man milked mornings, $109.50. 

 Now, then, I had another charge of a man, $600.00, I have had every 

 morning to see that the milk is properly cooled and looked after. There 

 is a rent of land for pasture purposes ; I estimate that it would take 3 

 acres for a cow, $15.00 an acre, makes a total of $700.00. I have aver- 

 aged taxes on the entire farm and I figured, I think, $1.13 an acre, and 

 that is $158.20. 



Q. That is charged to the cattle ? 



A. Yes. Now, then, in the use of the dairy buildings; there is 3 

 silos and the dairy house, cattle barn, hay and grain barn, and an ice 

 house, and a shed for sawdust. I estimate the value of that at $10,000.00, 

 about 6 per cent, interest on it, $600.00, and a depreciation of 4 per cent., 

 $400.00. The insurance on it for 3 years is $165.00; that makes an aver- 

 age of $55.00 a year. I have a list here of equipment: 57 eight gallon 

 cans; 4 five gallon cans; 8 pails, $1.25, $10.00; milk wagons, $110.00; 3 

 shovels, $1.75 each, $5.25; 1 shovel at $1.00; 3 brooms, etc. I put the 

 total depreciation on that at $201.33. 



Q. What did you put the total value ? 



A. $604.00. Then I had an investment in cows of 48 cows at 

 $150.00 each, figures $7,200.00; the interest on them at 6 per cent, is 

 $432.00 and the depreciation less the salvage is $1,152; and one bull at 

 $150.00, and charged interest on him at $9.00; on the water supply, 

 which consists of tile and pipe lines and derrick and wind-mill, gas engine, 

 engine house, hydrants, etc. I estimated the cost of and placed them at 

 $1,700.00, and the interest at $102.00; depreciation at 7 per cent., $112.00; 

 gasoline, 55 gallons at 15^4- There is a slight discrepancy on that be- 

 cause I estimated that about 70 per cent, of the water supply went to 

 the barn ; as a matter of fact, I think 90 per cent, of that went to the 

 cow barn; it did not alter the figures materially, but I have not seen 

 these figures until this afternoon, going over them a second time; but 

 the water supply for the entire farm, I figured it at 70 per cent ; I think 

 that is a low estimate. Now, under miscellaneous, there was, insurance 

 on cows, $2,000.00, $12.00; salt, $18.00; lanterns, 6 lanterns, $7.50; hot 

 water heater, $15.00; I figured the interest and depreciation at $4.40; 7 



