May, 1932] 



Economic Study of Poultry Farms 



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$35.50 chicks 

 70.00 feed 

 30.00 labor 

 18.00 overhead 

 10.00 supplies 



100 pullets 



= 100 pullets and 



$37.80 



= $125.70 



Detail Cost for Heavy Breeds 



The cost items are considered in more detail in Table 27, where they 

 are estimated on the basis of 100 pullets housed and the value of broil- 

 ers or cull pullets credited. The few breeding cockerels raised were 

 included in these estimates as "pullets." 



Table 27 — Average cost of producing 100 pullets on 18 farms (heavy breeds) 



to an average age of 21.8 weeks 



Cost 



Value of 



credits 



Per cent of 

 total cost 



Feed 



Mash (2238.2 lbs.) $70.61 



Scratch (1317.4 lbs.) 29.01 



Grit (19.1 lbs.) .20 



Oats (9.8 lbs.) 23 



Dried milk (3.9 lbs. ) .27 



Semi-solid buttermilk (2.1 lbs.) .09 



Cod liver oil (1.4 lbs.) .27 



Miscellaneous (3.8 lbs.) .26 



Total feed (3595.7 lbs.) 



Litter 



Coal 



Interest on equipment 



Interest on buildings 



Depreciation on equipment 



Depreciation on building's 



Interest on land 



Share of taxes 



Share of insurance 



Interest on investment in stock 



Miscellaneous costs and supplies 



Labor 85 hours 



237 chicks (estimated at 20c per chick) 



Total gross costs 



Credits per 100 Birds Remaining 



Broilers sold (83.1 birds) 



L'oasters sold (5.6 birds) 



Bullets and breeding- cockerels sold 



(1.6 birds) 



Started chicks sold (8.1 birds) 



Number used on table (.6 birds) 



Broilers and culls inventoried 



(8.3 birds) 



Total credits (107.3 birds) 



Net cost 



$77.61 



$131.23 



