Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-01

Flowing one acre. ............ 81 90
Narrowing twice, ....... 25
Rolling Observation-Disclosures. 20
Seed, II bushels. ............. 80
Drilling ,..,.............. 40
Cutting and binding ,...".". / 25
Shocking ..."...."....... Is
Stacking ".......,..,....... 65
Threshing and binning ....".. 100
Rent Of ground, ............ 200
Total cost Of raising 10 bu.. j. 81 so
On this basis it would cost rs cents
per bushel to raise 10 bushels; Is
bushels, 62 cents; 20 bushels, So cents;
rs bushels, As cents; 30 bushels, "a
cents; 35 bushels, 81 cents.
A, III. Moses, Logan. My experience
is that wheat, ground coarse, makes
horse feed worth so per cent. mora
than corn. In calculating the cost Of
raising 10 bushels of wheat per acre,
including interest, labor, wear and
tear of equipment, and incidentals,
the first 10 bushels will cost about AZ
cents per bushel; Is bushels cost 80
cents: 20 bushels, "a cents; Is bushels,
10 cents; 36 bushels, 16 cents; and 35
bushels cost ID cents. Straw is worth
about 80 cents per acre,
N. w. Watson, Long Island, AT
least 5 per cent. of the small crop of
wheat raised in this county last year
has been fed to farm ANIMALS, soaked
and ground. When fed whole about
10 per cent. passes the animals with
out mastication. Wheat appears 10
be as healthful az corn, but when fed
to hogs it is 10 per cent. less fat
tenlng, and the flesh is not as good.
Wheat aud rye, mixed in about
equal parts, make better food for
fattenlng hogs. Wheat is fed to work
horses mixed with about the same
quantity of other grain, but it does
not seem to maintain the strength and
flesh as we'll as corn or oats. II IL a
good food for mich COWS when
ground. At the same price per bush
el wheat is worth about s per cent.
less than corn for feeding horses,
about 10 per cent. more for mich
COWS, and 5 per cent. more for other
cattle. Wheat sells here for 40 cents,
and corn for rs cents per bushel, at
which price it is more profitable to
feed than to sell the wheat. It would
be profitable for the feeder to ex-
change, at near by mills, wheat for
bran or shorts at current prices. The
expense Of haYing the wheat ground
at the public mills is more than paid
by the increased value of the feed.
Counting interest on $40 land. all
work and the wear and tear of equip.
ment, it costs about 80 cents per BUSH
el to raise 10 bushels OF wheat per
acre; Is bushels, 3S cents; 20 bushels,
81 cents; Is bushels, q cents; 30 BUSH
els, "a cents; 35 bushels, ~ cents.
Wheat straw is worth about so cents
per acre
j. B. Hicks, Logan. Ten per cent.
of the crop Of wheat in this county
last year has been fed to farm ami
mails, soaked or ground. Wheat APP
pears to he as healthfuL and nourish-
ing as corn, and when fed to hogs
proves about AZ fattening, pound for
pound, as shelled corn, producing
about eight pounds OF live pork per
bushel, the meat being about the
same az from corn. For hogs, bet
ter food is corn and wheat soaked to-
gether Work horses are fed on
ration of one part wheat and two OF
corn, soaked together, but scarcely
maintain strength and flesh as on
corn or oats. Ground wheat is
good ration for milch COWS. Wheat
sells here at As cents. and corn at 30
cents Der bushel. II might be profit
able to exchange wheat at the nearby
mills for bran or shorts at current
prices. but the value of wheat for feed
would hardly warrant the expense OF
having it ground at the public mills.
The best results in feeding wheat to-
all kinds of stock is to feed the un-
thresbed sheaf. Counting interest,"
Iabor. and wear and tear Of equip
ment il costs about so cents per bush
al to raise 10 bushels of wheat per
acre. Is bushels, As cents; 20 bushels,
AZ cents; 25 bushels, 30 cents; 30
bushels. rs canta, aud 35 bushels, ~
cents per bushel.