Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-08

sheliinS o,,rn ,he NV, rage sbonis pot 10 over =
cent and a Quarter or n iitte oy, one ha Ihs
amount easrsed. Then there A alowsd tor
hauIins 10 th,, local maIk,t IN ayerave diaiauc,
of AIT miles M 03 whIr n an nmit IA MOI than IA
ought 10 be. The average va ne OF T. . corn land
mar acye IA put M All M ninet, ON cents an
acre 4. allowed for iepoIpr repniIs A. a al foam
and Vi cents An acre tax on land, sx cents an
acre n allowed Tor taxes on hnr.es. eIo Ia
seems 10 me TINT tbis LAR item should h. aim.
nat,d "a in p,ouxhipv. harrowiny n, a an, tlyat-
Ing The corn fuii WIZ re-. and unusnai wages arc
and the personsI Iabor of The farmer These
are All The Items Included in inc tnpes pre pared
for The goyeInor showing oost exw Ut the in.
terest on The value OF the and. IN, w cent.
psr aule Tor cullinp Stalks .bouId ne xcIld,d;
and nj least one GEM per bu, hel for the oos, OF
smelling and four d a hs OF the cost OF fertlE ~.
or 40 10 oeuts ard leaving all the remainIpg
untouoaed fcIe would DO atm a proper 10
duotion of 2. cents and "a I'll loo cents and al 10
q, nts from The coat OF ench acre or m Nil
ri ia a 10 from ar rs which "a ould leaye tho coat
of producing an acre OF corn, as
shown NV ihese Tables nj 9sl nor acre,
but In this ttatement there ia no
allowance whatever made for tho value
of Iho nIalks In the field as pasture after IN,
corn IA taken on rnis value or Goa, IA m GREASE
or di,ninIshed as the farmer has or has not cat.
ousIy o,,in ntsd nj from so cspts 10 Al nj psr
acre, & openaing somewhat on the local HuI
allowing 90 cents per acre as n fair SUN for all
these acres, the actual average coat OF produc
lpN a crop of corn may DO stated nj d m 10
per acro At the high prices ALLOW ed IN luis RI
port or an average pront OF Of o. per acre IN
~, nd of a Ioss of o. cents but allowing as
cents per bushel for hauling 10 market ms,eaa
of 8,onts per bnshel, the average stated slb
ing 10 IN arket thus reducing the coat ~ A oents
per acre, making the profit al 30 per acre, or
the value of the aud [ know how dltiicuIt IL
Ia Ia mas q any accurate estimate on "A farm of
tho actual cost OF any particular crop. These
Ms 10 m tke tho most of them ALL and IL Ia almoat
impossible TO keep a distinct, accurate and sep
aIsle account OF the cost OF each and every
A m nI nFOIuDllOn n In thu m
opal productions OF n farm. But these items
a,e moi the Sstimates of the farmers An any
sense They are reached by an arbitrary pro
cess OF tho commits sionor OF labor, ana do not
rcpres, nj tho statements made by the farm, RI
who answer these Inquiries. What farmer Is
inoie that can give an exact statement OF tho
coat TO MIN OF Taisit a colt steer until he 10
tyears OLD, 'ra orr o.. a given number Of
And yet this commissioner OF labor has under
taken Ia give by u aystem OF averages upon NV
aud accurate cot 3 OF producing each bushol ~
corn ia Iowa, and says IL Ia tho statement OF
s sg 10 show Ss. ,sss rsS are s IN In
tau OF the cost elements that have no business
th,re, IT. ms calculated At prices beyond tho
known COST aud that other items OF value to tho
farmer IN the produotio of AN aero o. corn have
b, en- wholly omitted and submit 10 our gCysr.
nor M ne WIN carefully S,s ISyS MS eh a.
see from his own experience aud knowlodb q II
agriculture tho glaring defects In this Z, port
wn o. have pointed out, think this state.
mont must have startled him when he nrst saw
H. as TO tho Items of cost included, as well as
Items Omitted reducing lhe coat ana because II
must nave convinced MN II no believed the ro'
y ~ that no 100 hhd beon farming upon largo
scale Tor nNo y,hrs ~ An notual lohr but not
ony YIN. put ,na s ,' ~ p"u poon unJus' .o DIS
which thoy could h3t nuoru 70 pay, ms II ~ wen
khown that GOV. bocs hlmselt rents his land To
tenants anu requires from lhem CONTRACT ,nat
shall have la$ bushels per acre and tho best
corn inc Ietm ~ phntins put III hls ~ Ds, ahd
hnsb ma ~ an "srs p'r IN r rnns n@Sars
per cent on Valualion OF ttsoU an sore, when
su1 IN acre more lnah the average yaluau
or ceduotins iaxss, . por cent upon the land al
hyalnh,on OF $40 per acre. -. = .
the corn produced In Iowa during these ave
years was sofa NJ an hVaraso OF ~ cents
per bushoi, or even 10 NV cents per
bushe,, inc nvefNe pI ,ho report.
Gov Boies not only states that tho cost OF pro.
nuolns Iot marke' M aoio OF corn sto pht tnht
bushels Der acre but no SAYS that "s,stistos
show that tho average price OF TINS corn In our
local marke, soon AFTER harvest nufing suoh
period mas been 2s cents busheL NOW Mk
why were inc words soon AFTER hhtVost H.
serted ~ tnht spotoh ana retora.eu nv onero-
ssn onodn,b of he s,op IF INA, mu aS IN Sn
nually SOD soon atter harvest but that " iar
price was 10 90 nhed as me average price re,
oeived by the producer was 10 Do the measure
OF his pront or loss, that NJ least one hnlt year
should nave been allowed 70 make UP that aver
age price. u Is manI,es.iy unfair Unfair, 70 take the
bino-t.nths OF II would atm BIO left In the hands
OF the producer. but no says that statistlos
cents per bushel during each of these Ave years.
Now have looked In vain for those siatstios.
surely In mater OF so great moment .nS o .m,c
this subject as no olalms TO have gone into u,
exnausuvoly, would furnish these statistics "
they we're attanablo The only approach 10 any
statistical statement ms TO the price OF corn
nnd on page fourteen, which makes tho average
a rsle na 90; 81 %. ny" pSr Ssss By Cow
Boi,s. hut thoro 10 another remarkhDls
thing that appears In this report or the com
missioner Of labor Ms respects this goes
ton OF the price OF corn He mas gone thty inc
mlnutest doiaii OF every expense possible or Io
mote TO ascertain the cost OF producing push.i
Of corn, aud has included, G have alrca,y
be included. From this report IL Is apparent
tkat ssrios OF questions was put to the farmers
on this subject, and yot there IL not n sign indt
eating that any farmer was asked the Price OF
corn either soon after harvest or at any other
ieGdcd 10 make a fair and accurate return and
report OF this situation why isit, repeat, that
this inquiry was not made, because IL IN one or
the essential el,monts In tho general inquiry.
and II It was made why Is u that not sign OF "
coippntaiions made by the governor1 There.
fore repeat that thus price of w cents when de-
olared by the governor u New York was = guess yes.
as II eli Guild have been published. with tho other
data IN this report aud it IL not fortified sup
where elss.
Hon, James Wilson, an eminent agricu-
titrisI az this state, now pro lessor at
Ames and a student OF ali topics connected
with agriculture and the distribution OF agri-
animal products, estimates that on the basis
o. NO OOOOOO Of production In Iowa that ono.
half OF the VIII ls product 10 consumed In fat
tening hogs; that Onr-tenth OF the product IL
used N feeding cows aud another obeIentb Ia
used m feeding steers, and 20,OOOOOO bushels ia
ns.d In FEEDING horses and mules; that poultry
and sheen lake 7OOOOO0 bushels and that there
IA directly consumed by the people themt ewes
1900 OlO busnes, leaving for sale and transpor'
Iation out of the state throug hout the year 60
000 OOO of bushels per annum or 20 per cent of
Nh, crop This il an eAtimate of an expert ltu.
dent who gives attention 10 this question and
Vol II il moi considered except Incidentally By
The c1mmissioner In his report nor alluded 10 at
NIL ma AN element By the governor in his ad-