The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-07
Fire Cows on a Small Farm.


profit Of q small tenants business for
one year may ~ Of interest, not for
striking results. but - showing falr-
Iv clear farm account In three fea-
lures. Mr.. Nollsch rents part OF
Leigh T. Maxcy's 160-acre farm IN
Sangamon County ILL.,, paying $50
wear for the house, barn, lots, orchard
and garden, covering about , acres;
81 Del acre +or 20 acres Of pasture,
and ona-half the corn raised on an-
other 20 acres. The writer under
stands that the tenant also makes
money by labor outside the farm Inc
place is we'll equipped, and there is
much fruit of several kinds. The ex-
penses for 1908 were Rent, Sllo;
hay bought, $40; chicken feed bought,
S7T; poultry supplies and lumber, Sz3;
total. S345.
Five cows are kept, and 1875 pounds
WI butter we're sold at an average price
" 3ls4 cents per pound, making SAGA
81. Three calves were sold for $27.4l.
Three hogs, having milk as a part OF
pound, amounting to $4,000.
Two hundred and fifty hens were
kept, and from these 1144 dozen eggs
were sold at an average price Of 16
cents. S1S3.O4: chickens sold, $1OO.T3:
turkeys sold, $500; total income from
poultry. $34Oe7. The tenant estimates
the total income Of the place At $854--
go. which would include the sale OF Sal
worth Of other products than those
named above.
The tenants half of the corn
amounted to $50 bushels, most Of all
of which was fed on the place. De-
Quoting the the total money expense
named, $345, from the income, S854.6
the profit il seen to be $509.69.
And to get the mans total net income
for the years WORK, there must D.
added to it whatever money he earned
outside Of this farm. Figured in an
other way, Mr.. Nollsch estimates that
his total expense for the year was
1924, leaving him net income OF
$3069, but this expense must include
the family living.
Now to examine these accounts sep
.arately. Mr.. Nollsch estimates that
the five cows ate $209-95 worth OF
grain and 5000 worth OF hay, total
of $27225, or $54.45 per COW. Deduct
ing this large feed bill from the money
received for butter and calves, we have
S159.97 Of profit, or $32 per cow. This
is a little more than the average in
come of the best one-fourth of the
dairy cows Of Illinois, as figured out
by the state experiment station from
the full years record Of 554 cows 10
36 herds. But strictly speaking, a
part Of this $32 should BE- credited TO
the work OF butter-making, and again
the COWS should be credited with the
skim-milk fed to the pigs and with the
milk used by the family In thus con-
sidering the dairy business alone, it
should be remembered that, on the
crop side, the farmer made, in adj
dition to the above cow returns, what
ever profit there is in raising the high
priced corn Of last year. The GO
bushels At 10 cents would d. worth
I$455.
The total income from the poultry
was seen to be $340.67. The tenants
full estimate for their keep was $124-
50, plus $23 for supplies and lumber
$147.52 in all, leaving a net profit OF
$19315 from the poultry. This lum-
Der was for equipment that would last
several years and need not all be
charged to the 1908 business.
a large item Of expense allowed in
figuring tie $509.69 Of profit, but not
specifically referred to there, il the
corn that three work horses ate, but if
they were used to earn considerable
money outside of the farm, only a part
OF their expense should be charged tc
the farm. This account, though not
exact end complete in every item,
throws much light on the total income
and the separate sources Of income
from this little place.-Arthur J. Bill,
in the Country Gentleman.