86 BULLETIN 1271, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 52. — Feed and labor requirements for livestock 
Corn 
Oats 
Skim 
Milk 
Whole 
Milk 
Tame 
hay 
Alfalfa 
Corn 
fodder 
Wild 
hay 
Veter- 
inary 
and 
medi- 
cine 
Hours of 
labor 
Man 
Horse 
Lbs. 
1,680 
800 
150 
500 
400 
Lbs. 
1,600 
1,200 
400 
400 
90 
40 
Lbs. Lbs. 
Lbs. 
5,000 
500 
750 
1,200 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
600 
Dollars 
1.00 
.80 
.GO 
.60 
.20 
Hours 
60 
130 
12 
12 
3 
3 
Hours 
2,500 
250 
500 
1,000 
200 
1,200 
52 
Per head of miscella- 
neous cattle: 
to lyear 
1 to 2 years 
1,400 
180 
1 
1 
125 
9 
Sheep 
40 
40 
250 
. 5 
|- 
The amounts of grain and hay required for beef and butt erf at 
production are higher than the standards set up under "Unit require- 
ments," partly because there was no silo on the farm. The 1 and 
2 year old miscellaneous cattle get a larger amount of grain than on 
most farms in the area. 
Table 53. — Returns from present organization 
Acres 
Yield 
per 
acre 
Total 
yield 
Amount 
required 
for feed 
Salable 
surplus 
Amount 
purchased 
39 
9 
50 
12 
6 
5.7 
12 
1.8 
45 bushels. .. 
2tons._ 
42 bushels... 
25 bushels. . . 
18 bushels. .. 
3. 5tons 
1.5tons 
1 ton 
1,755 bushels. . 
18tons 
2,100 bushels.. 
300 bushels 
108 bushels .. 
1,955 bushels.. 
200 bushels. 
Corn fodder 
18 tons 
Oats 
1,190 bushels.. 
300 bushels 
910 bushels. . 
Rye 
108 bushels.. 
Alfalfa 
20 tons 
18 tons 
20 tons . . 
Clover and timothy.. 
Wild hav 
31 tons 
13 tons. 
1. 8 tons 
1.8 tons 
Livestock products: 
20, 000 pounds pork, at $0.08 $1,600 
8,000 pounds beef, at $0.05 400 
2,400 pounds butterfat at $0.45 1,0S0 
100 pounds wool, at $0.30 30 
650 pounds mutton, at $0.10 65 
Crop sales: 
910 bushels oats, at $0.30. 
108 bushels rye, at $0.60.. 
$273 
65 
Total crop sales. 
338 
Total livestock and crop sales 3, 513 
Total livestock sales 3,175 
COST OF EXTRA MATERIALS AND THRESHING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION 
Seed 
Twine 
Thresh- 
ing or 
husking 
Total 
Corn ... . . 
$13.00 
48.00 
11.00 
6.00 
13.00 
6.00 
$6.00 
20.00 
5.00 
1.00 
$105. 00 
63.00 
9.00 
6.00 
$124. 00 
Oats 
131.00 
25. 00 
Rye 
13.00 
Clover and timothy... 
13.00 
Alfalfa 
6.00 
Total 
97.00 
32.00 
183.00 
312.00 
Veterinary, medicine, and livestock: 
Swine 
$40.00 
Cows. 
10.00 
M iscellaneous cattle 
15.00 
Horses . 
6.00 
71.00 
Total materials for crops and livestock... 
383.00 
Corn purchased for feed 
100.00 
Hay purchased for feed 
130.00 
Total extra costs 
613.00 
Total returns (o organization after deducting extra 
material costs 
2,900.00 
