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THE KURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 25, 
RAISING STOCK CALVES. 
Since the silo is coming into general 
use, and beef cattle are scarce and high- 
priced, the cost of raising beef calves be¬ 
comes ever more important to farmers 
of the Eastern States. Therefore we 
would like to give some figures showing 
the profit from a small herd of beef cows 
and compare them with dairy cattle as 
sources of profit and consumers of high- 
priced feed. 
Of 14 head of two-year-old heifers, 
three of them failing to breed, the fol¬ 
lowing figures show the profit from let¬ 
ting 11 head raise their own calves. The 
three barren heifers, costing six cents 
per pound in the Spring, with an aver¬ 
age weight of 1,030 pounds, makes them 
cost $61.80 apiece or $185.40 for the 
three; and after gaining 150 pounds 
apiece and selling at seven cents per 
pound, or $247.80, return a profit of 
$11.44 apiece counting $22.50 for six 
months pasture and $5.56 interest for the 
three head. The figures for the 11 head 
of young cows is as follows: 
COST. 
Weight 1,030 at 6 cents per lb.. 
for 11 head ..$679.S0 
FEED FOR 18 MONTHS. 
Pasture 6 moJ at $1.25 for 11 head $75.00 
Silage 50 lbs. per day, 210 days 
for 11 head at $4 per ton. 231.00 
Cottonseed meal 1 lb. for 210 days 
at 2 cents per lb. for 11 head 46.20 
Pasture 5 mo. the second year. . 68.75 
Interest 18 mo. at 6%. 61.18 
Pasture for 11 calves 4 mo. at 
25 cents. 11.00 
Bull service . 33.00 
Barn i-ent and equipment. 55.00 
Cost of keeping cows and calves $581.13 
No charge is here ftiade for care of 
bedding, and no credit for manure, which 
is usually given at $15 per year; $4 per 
ton for silage yields sufficient profit un¬ 
der ordinary circumstances so that the 
profit pays for marketing it to the stock. 
SELLING PRICE OF COWS. 
Increase in live weight of 270 
lbs. per cow. Total average 
weight 1,300 lbs. at 7 cents, 
$91.00; 11 head of cows at 
$91.00 per head.$1,001.00 
Average weight of calves 610 
lbs. at 6 mo. selling at 7 cents 
$42.70 apiece and for 11 
calves . 469.70 
Selling price of 22 head.$1,470.70 
Cost of heifers .$679.80 
Cost of keeping cows 
and calves . 581.13 1.260.93 
Profit from cows and calves.... $209.77 
Profit from 3 heifers.. 34.34 
Total profit . $244.11 
Profit derived from keeping a 
beef cow 18 months and al¬ 
lowing her to raise her own 
calf . $19.07 
After noting these figures is it not plain 
to anyone that where land is cheap and 
pasturing stock is profitable, and where 
silos are used for wintering cows, the 
production of beef cattle is profitable, 
with not near so much work necessary as 
in running a dairy? The bother of care¬ 
ful breeding to keep up a high average 
milk production is eliminated. 
Ohio. H. B. C. 
Women and Silos. 
In reply to the woman farmer of Illi¬ 
nois, will say that I have many times 
gone up in our silo and pitched out sil¬ 
age when business matters prevented my 
husband from getting home at feeding 
time, and while it is not an easy task 
it is not as hard work as pitching hay 
out of the mow. The silage settles after 
filling, so it is seldom necessary to climb 
to the top. There should be a stationary 
ladder in the chute. For a small dairy 
it would not be necessary to have a silo 
40 feet high. Ours is 30 feet, and we 
winter not less than 20 head of stock. 
Where only a few cows are kept I do 
not think I would build a silo, as it is 
quite an expense to fill one and if not 
fed enough to remove a layer from the 
top every day it will not keep well. I 
consider it quite necessary for a farmer’s 
wife to understand how to care for stock. 
New York. MRS. J. s. 
As for a woman getting silage out of 
a tall silo, it is one of my daily tasks, 
and is not difficult after a little practice. 
Wear a common sense skirt and climb in 
same as any one. A man does not scale 
the bare wall. B. 
West Virginia. 
In regard to the woman farmer and the 
high silo I can see no objection as long 
as the woman dresses for the work. 
Strong broad-heeled shoes, denim over¬ 
alls, and a snug-fitting jacket or jumper 
will make the silo as accessible to her 
as is her flour in her kitchen cabinet. 
Skirts should never be worn around ani¬ 
mals or around the buildings where ani¬ 
mals are kept. They are cumbersome, 
unsafe, unsanitary, and immodest. They 
interfere with the free movement of the 
wearer, render her liable to accidents, 
gather and scatter filth, and are contin¬ 
ually putting her in unseeming and un¬ 
pleasant circumstances. I am a farmer 
and a farmer’s boy, and I think I ex¬ 
press the thoughts of the thinking farm¬ 
ers and farmer’s boys when I write as 
I have. w. F. F. 
You ask for more particulars about the 
silo that a woman empties. It is built 
in a corner of the barn, the barn floor be¬ 
ing at one side and the opening for doors 
being in the center of that side. The 
hay mow is on one side, the other sides 
being the barn covering. Of course there 
are lining boards and the bottom is ce¬ 
mented. The door opening is built up 
with two sets of boards, which are nailed 
enough to hold them and taken out as the 
silage is fed. Against the side of the 
silo, between the haymow and the silo 
doors, is a permanent ladder or seines of 
steps consisting of the barn girths and 
strips nailed between. There is also a 
movable ladder of suitable length in the 
barn usually, that can be used if neces¬ 
sary. Since the silage has been cut, the 
tools used are a rake, fork, basket and as 
many bags as there are head of stock to 
feed. The desired quantity of silage is 
put in the bags, which are then dropped 
to the barn floor, so only one trip has to 
be made to the silo. When the stalks 
were fed whole, they were thrown to the 
floor and then gathered up. The silo is 
8x12 and 14 feet high, and when full will 
hold enough to feed three or four head 
once a day for six or eight months. Of 
course it is work to feed silage, but I 
don’t know that it is any harder than 
several other things that have to be done 
on a farm. b. e. 
Brown Swiss are Valuable. 
I notice an inquiry from J. A., Middle- 
town, N. J., regarding the advisability 
of purchasing a Brown Swiss heifer, 
answered by F. C. M. in a manner rath¬ 
er reflecting on this breed as compared 
with the other recognized dairy breeds, 
especially with regard to milk production 
and udder development. Under separate 
cover I am sending you a pamphlet con¬ 
taining the cuts and records of some of 
a herd in Illinois which I had under my 
supervision for about twenty years. On 
pages 11, 12, is a group of seven cows 
taken from the milking herd that I think 
show udder development that would be 
a credit to any breed. On pages 19, 20, 
is a list of 31 from that herd that in 1909 
gave 307,641.8 pounds of milk, or prac¬ 
tically 10,000 pounds apiece, average per 
year. Seventy-three of them gave over 
400 pounds of butterfat, and three gave 
over 500 pounds of butterfat. These 
cattle were not forced for records and 
were out every day in the year. 
The Brown Swiss Association started 
a registry for production a little over a 
year ago, and the results have been a 
surprise even to the breeders themselves. 
The average for production has been 
higher for the cows that have entered 
than of any of the other breeds to date 
and practically every cow that has en¬ 
tered thus far has qualified. One cow 
from the Michigan Agricultural College 
has made over 19,000 pounds of milk 
and 100 pounds of butter. From my 
own experience with these cattle I be¬ 
lieve the average of production will rank 
as high as, if not higher, than any other 
dairy breed, and have recently started 
a herd on my own account. In Hoards’ 
Dairyman you will find the record of a 
sale of Brown Swiss at Darlington, Wis., 
a State where the cattle are better known 
than any other section of the country. 
The herd consisted of five males and 22 
females, 10 were calves under one year 
old. The herd was sold by a farmer to 
14 other farmers at an average price of 
over $208 apiece; the highest price was 
$400. w. E. J. 
Charlotte, N. Y. 
Another Prolific Sow. —After read¬ 
ing record of prolific sow on page 193, 
as farrowing 13, 12, and 13 pigs 
in her last three litters, I am tempted to 
tell of mine. She is a grade Chester four 
years old this Spring. Last Spring she 
farrowed 16, last fall 19, and on January 
30 last 17. o. a. it. 
Thomaston, Me. 
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