90 Barn and Field Experiments in 1916 



The Expenditures 



The inventory of the flock is at a much lower price than 

 they could be purchased for or than they would be sold for. 

 This bears only slightly on the experiment as the numbers of 

 the sheep are kept fairly constant year after year. Rather more 

 sheep were carried through the winter of 1915-16 than would 

 usually be the case. 



No account is taken of the feed consumed from the three 

 pastures aggregating about 100 acres. Nor is rental charged 

 for land used in growing crops such as rape and turnips for 

 the use of the sheep. The concentrated feeds are charged at 

 about the average cost for each year, but this dos not include 

 freight or cartage. The hay and straw are priced at what 

 they would have sold for at the barn each year. The turnips 

 are charged at what it costs to grow them without any over- 

 head charges. The season of 1915 was not a favorable one af 

 Highmoor Farm for growing turnips and they cost a half as 

 much again as they did the preceding year. A lessened yield 

 and greater labor cost due to the character of the season explains 

 this increase in cost of production. In 1914-15 the sheep were 

 fed about 120 pounds of grain, 460 pounds of hay, and 320 

 pounds of turnips per head, and about 60 pounds of straw were 

 used per sheep. In 1915-16 they were fed about 100 pounds of 

 grain, 500 pounds of hay and 390 pounds of apples and turnips. 

 The grain cost about $1.90, the hay $2.80, and the turnips $0.55 

 per head in 1914-15. In 1915-16 the grain cost about $1.40, the 

 hay $3.75, and the turnips and apples nearly $1.00 per head. 

 The total cost of food and straw in 1914-15 was about $5.35 

 per head, and in 1915-16 it was $6.40. 



The only labor charged against the sheep is the actual 

 time used in care, as feeding, shearing, etc. The work of keep- 

 ing up pasture fences, buildings, making records, and other 

 things incident to the experimental side that does not directly 

 apply to the sheep, is not included in the tabulation. The cost 

 for labor per sheep was, in round numbers, $1.50 each year. 

 The total cost per head, for maintenance, excluding inventory 

 for the 98 sheep in 1914-15, was $7.06 and in 1915-16 it was 

 $8.04 for each of the 104 head. 



