Deming graphic., 1920-08-31

AN earnest Of Mr., Joys confidence In
the enterprise and sanguine outlook
ON the future in store for this line of
endeavor for. as will subsequently ap-
pear more advantageous disposition of
/ any surplus birds could undoubtedly
be made To others. like ourselves. just
entering this field
In order to set on foot 50 desirable
an enterprise. the writer will give a
ninety-nine year lease on 100 acres of
land close tu town, for the nominal
sum of S1.OO. In the presence of eN-
hauStive calculations, figures show
that all necessary buildings should he
erected and all improvements made to
turn this tract of land into II model
aviary and distilled spirit purificatiOn
plant that might reasonably be expect
eel to excite the envy Of all the older
operators in this line Of work. ut n
price of $JWOO.OO. Wood alcohol mey
he purchased IN 1000 gallon lots at
S1.3S per gallon. Pint bottles. washed
corked and packed In individual san
! itary cartons. may be purchased In car
lots, $50 eases of one gross each at n
cost of GAc per bottle, delivered al
/ Deming. Highest grade Autographed
labels would cost S2.35 per thousand
In one hundred thousand lots An art
decoration depicting Louisiana wood
pecker incumbent on q liquid surface
pecking wood from beneath would
make very neat device One man
could easily operate the plant. doing
the bottling. labelling etc. while one
other man could dispose of the goods
with no difficulty considering the
ready market that would be available.
/ Allowing each man a salary of 5000
per month and salary of $65 per month
for an errand and chore boy. would
make n total of SI65 per month.
Twenty-Five pounds Of ice per day. for
Clipped ice and Ice water. would cost
$50 per month. Allowing $1,000 for
the purchase Of n one-tOn truck. which
would be necessary for transporting
! our product Ia shipping point, aud 81
/ per day for the year. for operation and
maintenance we have a total expense
/ for this item of l.36s. We will con
slider the expenses at greater length
later.
The female Louisiana woodpcCker
has two incubating periods year. She
I lays four eggs and brOOds three weeks,
hut this period Of incubation does not
detract from her value as wood re.
mover. Wood removing operations are
suspended surely, during the process
of incubation. but within three or -four
days after the birdlings are hatched
her maternal instinct eXcites her Ia
augmented activities to keep the four
additional months fed After six or
eight weeks the fledglings begin To as.
sume the responsibilities Of life. ana
are able to accomplish almost the task
Of the adult bird With a start of one
hundred birds. we have an average
daily output Of fifty gallons. or -four
hundred pints Of purified alcohol Ac-
cordlng to latest sales the current
price of whiskey is S1l per pint. For
the purpose Of calculation. assuming
that the article in question is what II
should be and is 100 proof. we could
count on n ready sale Of lSS proof
alcohol az the same price per pint
which when properly diluted would
Weld the purchaser. not the equivalent
in kick Of one pint ~ whiskey hut the
equivalent of one and eighty-eight hun
dredths of pint That is 10 say a
value 81 S2O.6S for an outlay of S11
Rasing our calculations ON this price
we have daily income from the sale
OF our four hundred pints amounting