Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-06-15
ooEs FARMING PAY'
Tho Experiencc of a Number o.
-" ~ ohio Farmers Cinp'

"0 an ohio Farmers CLUB
erst meeting of the year 'he .
-. Of our Practical Farmers :
Club gave their experience snow,ps
their Failures and successes eNpen'e5
and r@ecoipts. As the proceedings o.
INV mootirr have not been published
| will present some OF the repT had
made nj that time, The year n"a
been n fairly prosperous one 10 no'
~ miners, Losses in live stocS
had neon small, and there was no los
cbo,,ro ot all. Only two ladies' nov"
ever, had kept Il separate accoun! "
their personal sales. one 'oIu '': sgs
sns 70 The amount of $52; eggs go
and butter. $40, making S29o' Inc
other sold $40 worth OF butter AS
,ha members of club do not WISH
70 narade their private affairs before
the nnblic, | report by numbers III"
not by names; ,,co all
No. / has a farm OF 100 acres Ga
level pillow land, u~nderdraineo anu ~"
aood order. He reported sales oil pro-
5uco rs follows; Hogs, Sl'o'o,2l'
wheat, $500; cattle, $l5j; horses Sl"o'
hutter and eggs, S79.36, miscellaneous
996 %. total. 81, 1929, His expenses
we're reported as follows: Farm eA-
penses, s95l,02; household expenses
$3.50 50; labor, S226.95; clothing T'oo'
total, $l,6lS.S6. In the farm expenses
were included stock and feed bought
new implements, taxes and repairs 10
br; Ainrs and fences, but not LABOR
This expense was considerably "ooto
tho average on account of the drought
of 1887 making it necessary to pur-
chase feed at high prices. Inns lteln
alone was between 500 ana eooo'
There was also a special tax OF sou io'
+ a turnpike. This left a net pfon' .
/, 1858. 80, which represents a llttle owe
}, six per cent. on the value OF the farm
No 9 has n farm of 100 acres, ant
I sold during the year wheat to III
r amount of S652.5 %; hogs. Solo
y cattle, $50; miscellaneous Sl'' o
d hand. surplus of corn Sou toVa
n 81, 500. q. Expenses, family S3i2.l l.
s2gs. 42; repairs, $271.S3; taxes ~.
l. miscellaneous, Sl7; total, Sl,ol9'3'
st To the sales may be added the Sl9or'
y ported by tho wife from butter al
poultry.
No. 3. with u farm OF l2S reporte
his crops to have been, corn, 81 acre.
Welding 1000 bushels, and wheat
~ acres, Welding 94l bushels His sal
~ ~ had aggregated $1,000 and he hi
by $3.50 worth of stock more than Il
he previous year. His expenses we
no 800, of which sol were for heIp
u, uS doors and out. His decreased c
Of penses are partly accounted for ire
yn the fact that his family is much small
than those previously rcpor'll
These three were the only reports tt
'ra went into detail, but all OF the me
ere hers made a fair showing, althou
'pe there had been a partial failure oil
ne wheat crop on the clay lands and c
WV NV member who depended largely
wheat and potatoes reported 81
I'm, sales, rs the potato crop was '
nal short on account Of q superabuhoa
of bugs and u severe local drought
ery June.
nan Quite an interesting discussion
She what the farm furnishes the fan
$ OF ensucd, and it was agreed that IN
uno farmers underestimate this as Il lee
mate part of the profits of the IA
oat- Ono member, with a farm OF 10 az
of valued for taxation at Sl,ooo' SUI
per- that for two years he had beer keel
700 accounts, and estimating the amour
dee produce used in his family, wi
the averages eight persons, and had 1c
that that the items of breadstutls, me
rev dairy products, eggs and pou
Inn fruits and vegetables, aggregate
Loaf sum that represented fully SIX
nent cent. on the valuation OF the farm
when he adds to this a fair rem
' iua the building, and the cost OF kee
9 in n family horse, it amounted to
| lit than ten per cent. on the taxable
nong nation of the farm. A physician
NM lives in the village and buys al
shot feed, had kept II careful account q
cost of keeping his driving horse
ing the year and found that incll
~~ fifty cents Il month for stable rem
y the cost of shooting, he had KEEP
horse Il year for Sjl.72. lie had
kept two high-grade Jersey COW
azW after deducting the cost OF Ike
them had made a net profit OF
20 from the two, but included in thu
~ two quarts of milk per day char9
IN the family at the same price at
the rest was sold. A part of Il
come from the cows was from tn
lhey of butter, but most of it was
,noiV =, milk sold. The reader will
that this 1913 was the surplus
rs old. deducting the cost OF keeping
S until cows. The doctor had not Wit
en- sno the figures to show the cost OF
IN her ing, but had the account at hom'
The stated, however, that it cost
her to double to keep II COW that it
ied ner horse. These cows are kept
i istonce stable night and day, from IL
spring, and are, if mistake not
zen re- extra food all summer. think
0. The is DO more profitable meeting
WIN during the year than this eXp'
He meeting.-Waldo +. Brown, il
ted his Farmer.
wing to e--.,LIo C,,v,eeer-
the dam - oenS'o,e
Al oront who had made a ST
homes HA ..o1 -, , ,