Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-23
CEDAR FALLS FARMER HAS FIG
UREs TO PROVE FANCY STOCK
IS NOT BEST INVESTMENT.
MAKES Comparison OF
CATTLE AND AUTOMOBILES
Proves Good Grade Cows Go Rambling
Right Along in Business of Produc-
inc Profits With Less Frat Cost and
Less upkeep-Guldaeer Keeps Books
and Ought to Know.
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Cedar Falls. Oct. 23.-That the aver
age dairy farmers financial reckoning
is faulty when he figures the profit on
his herd is the claim made by I. Gull
dagger. prominent dairy farmer living
two miles west Of Cedar Falls. Gull
dagger points out the prime fault as
failure 10 consider the original invest
ment in the animals that produce the
product from which they gain their IN
comes.
A Super-Sly costs a lot more than a
Ford and costs a lot more to operate
and maintain, but the Ford will travel
as many miles and keep running when
the big car IS stuck IN the mud. says
Guldager by way OF illustrating his
point.
Guldager gets more profit from two
SIS COWS (and the feed cost for both
Is less) than most dairy farmers get
from one $500 pure bred cow. And he
gives the figures 10 prove II. How
ever, he Is aware that you must make
your SIS cows measure up 70 the Bah
cock test n order TO do Il
Reading a newspaper story recently
Of how dairy farmer with a herd Of
nearly ali high priced pure bred cows
made q profit Of sIo0.I2 per cow after
feeding each COW 1872 worth OF teeG
last year. Guldager comes forward with
the figures 10 beat this record. He
gives figures from his herd book to-
the year showing that ne has made
profit Of $3.50 from each OF his
grade COWS after feeding each OF them
1852 worth o. feed.
Produces Figures to Prove II.
A glance at these figures will show
tina. Guldaxer has made more profit
from two low-pr;ced cows than the
other man old from his high-pEced
pure bred animals. G7lldaEer compared
the value Of two Of his grades with one
Of the pure-oreds as $3.50 against $500.
With a producing plant costing hall
es much az the other he has made
greater profits without counting the
original investment n that plant
Taking this into consideration he
claims his producing plant viii not de-
ter!ora.e 50 rapidly as the higher
priced one the depreciation being
negligible, the returns On she plan:
cost are much greater. ITS SIS cow,
Guldaxer SAYS, may Be sold for beef
for practically what she cost HIM after
her milk producing period u past while
the man with ne $500 COW must sen
his aged animal a. a three-Sourths
logs Of the original investment
Guldarer's herd book shows the4 M
herd Of eighteen grade shorthorns las.
year each gave 1870 pounds OF milk
producing 1894 pounds Of butter f..
valued at &s1.ss The cost Of feeding
each COW was S3ss3 leaving . net
proGt q $sss3 per COW.
I. Is herd Of pure bred Hofste.ns
asa.ngt whose production record for
q year S1tdaxer IL p.tttng sae record Of
hie herd Of grade shorhorns. according
20 u. previously published story which
b-oryst sc-th G1i3sger with his herd
book and figures
GuItaesr has been member Of Q
eow -res44rz association sincs the h-s.
one was organized n this county.
Proper feeding and careful testing
must De applied 10 any herd 30 make
# proftasae. he Gays.