The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-02-22

dming the winter months, ard will
make several hundred bushels of oat;
look and last about like snow bal:
On the main street Of Milbank on q
July day. And we should like to have
figures on the cost of barn which
would house 20 mixers, 80 calves. 30
yearlings. SO two year olds and a place
to~fatten the 3O--or carload which is
to he shipped. Then also the same for
raising car load of hogs, feed, house
etc.
Ten weeks after a chicken is out of
the shell it can We marketed for from
25c up per pound, and any time after
thfs age they can be sold for profit.
At what age do we sell hogs and cat
fley What is yearling calf worth :?
A flock of ESQ chickens will consume
less grain per day in the winter than
three mixers, if said mixers were
extra good ones and fed properly thcy
would give about FIVE gallons of cream
in four days, amounting to about s.; 90
TO $3.50. In flock of $50 chickens
there would be about 25 males leaving
225 hens. If these hens are up TO par
IS we have figured the cows mention
"a above they would lay at least five
20 six dozen eggs a day, at 80 cents
,er dozen would be 5000 in four days
IS figured above. And while we are
It il. the work is some different. This
lock can be Fed and watcred while one
IS milking one or two cows and he thru
while the mixer has to seperate. feed
calves, wash sticky buckets etc. Chick
kers are producing until they are sold
while the beef is eating for three wears
before he is sold and then we have 20
gamble on the market three wears in
2dvance. X takes three years 10 get
stccr in prime. During the war farm
ers led Sl.25 corn to them, paid s4 90
per head or more pasture rert and
when they were sold they hardly re-
celved the price of the pasture rent
in return. Does this three year feed
ing take the gambling out of farming !?
Where help is plentiful there surely
IS money in COWS but we must figure
little for those who do the work and
also the interest on the investment.
stock and land, as we'll as the feed
Our idea is that if the gamble is to
be removed from farming the farmers
must raise such stock as can be turn
ed into money quickly. When feed Is
high stock is high, but feed and stock
might be hioh for two years and thn
year it is to be sold stock mirht drop
in price as it has done. The trusts and
packers know about how many cattle
and hoes there are il the country and
they also know when these must be
sold or Eent at loss. What does this
mean II the market? As stated above
we NUT raise what we can feed high
priced feeds and sell at high prices
TIC san1 year OF vica verse, or if we
are TO Iaife beef and such product !;
we fauSt have a guarantee price and
until then ther will be gambling in
armine the sar1e as there is in the
market
We can quote names of people who
have made $1,000 NET per year on 8.
small flock OF chickens with less than
ore tenth the investment it would re-
qulre to operate q farm as stated N
your last issue. 1t takes real time AMI
muscle to raise beef as we'll as ;nyc2t-
ment. A fam must have some of all
kinds to be sure, then if one fails he
will have tho other to carry him thru
We ike beef and pigs but when you
go to the hotel and the waiter comes
around and says. Roast pork, roast
beef or FRIED CHICKEN" what do
you say before the echo of his voice
ceases to ring in your ear? Most any
one could place q safe ten to one bec
on your answer. II. r. s.