THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 45 



0. — Did you feed all your grain to your cows, or did you 

 give your horses any? 



A. — We didn't keep the horses on these 30 acres. The 

 most part is the expense. 12^4 cents an hour for labor and 6J4 

 cents for a horse, $25 a year practically, I mean to the acre. 

 Paid $5 for straw. 



Q. — How much help? 



A. — One man. We didn't keep the horses, but the man 

 that did the team work on the farm did it on this. 



Q. — The same as a farmer hiring his work done on a farm ? 



A. — Yes, sir, providing he hired at the proper time. 



Q. — Wouldn't take any more work on the land than the ave- 

 rage dairyman on a farm? 



A. — No, sir. 



Q. — You got the labor pretty high ? 



A. — Yes, sir, but it takes a good deal of labor to take care 

 of the cows, haul the manure — $30 an acre clear profit. 



Q. — Don't you think a man could do better on that size farm 

 if he treated his cows well? 



A. — We had to pay so much to get good fresh cows. 



Q. — Wouldn't her flesh amount up pretty nearly to an off- 

 set? 



A. — I don't think so. 



Q. — Raise your calves on that land ? 



