White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-02-04
Not Telling The n
i Whole Story
Thinks Mrs. Soc BSeaaasaer, Who Prp
sent;s Faclss and Figures of
Her Csem Experience

l wish to pass a few remarks in
answer to aMr Trua,sasAhalNer's
statement i'll hast weeks issue Of the
Spokesman.
For one thing, lie did not st,ow
how he fed his stock On this a.
mount (SlSD4l or ON What ki1ad Of
feed After all, q public statement
of that kind is on. the le1,aht and
information of The public.
To begin with, MIR. Tronaanfaaus;er
does not mention the price of a six
weeks old buoy pig. which. at a
conservative figure, is $3.50 Then
there is the price Of feeding his cow.
With hay at $1,000 per ton, last
fall, advancing to 5000 at the
present time, cra.e may mot overlook
this item, as q COW eats about 900
pounds OF hay Per snpalbtl.
lii the event he was not arxigat-
ing {as it, T1'c.2laalilauser's CASE
but let the COW Craze o1l blpe farm,
he must remember that that graz
ing is practically the only profitable
return from tine farm, which must,
represent an investment Of not less
than $4,000. And q man has right
TO expect two percent editorial note
We'd say ta1at, was q real depres-
SION hgure) per year On the amount
invested. Also:
A MANS time Is certainly worth
Zoe per hour fer any time be puts
iii ON the place, as THAT is the least
he would get if others hired him.
He did not nleaticu II TIE fed the
ssaaf and pigs the wiible ittttk y0t
skinned milk. Of course. III he got
his a1otiae suppl Of butter, milk and
cream, he, was well paid for has
work but would net break even
with hay and feed ait pnesent; prices.
I .haSe found that a: pig viii eat
500 pounds Of white shorts at $3.50
per hundredweiglat, i'll addition TO
the daily milk ration, to reach 1855
pounds. 50 fur this, added to $3.50
price Of baby pig makes $125O.
This figure would leave profit Of
IS per pig. This does not allow
anything for the skim milk, which
might be offset by FERTILIZER from
the pig and cow.
Also, he does not account For his
chickens at all, which I consider
the largest item Of clear profit. [
have kept a monthly recmd Of my
t1eris. + have q White Legaoan nelAs
and three Plymouth Rock ptSAe@s
which I fed $50 pounds Of scratch
and 80 pounds Of egg mash Per
month. along with a little alfalfa
chaff and plenty of warm water.
Also. / had the lights turned ON two
hours per day during the winter
months at an expense OF prUbahy
400 per month. This makes a to-
tai expense Of SOB. I found, the
last two months, that I have not had
1tSS Mlft1l O41t A1CZtCa4 VS6o ~ xaA@J Navy
and the number ranges from there
to. twenty-taHo eggs per day. The
price of eggs has ranged from 23c
to 4Bc per dozen. have SOLD ad
average of $40 worth. Of eggs pc,
month to 4neighbors who come tG
the place and get them. I'm addi-
sion, I have used an average OF
, $3.50 worth of eggs myself at home
Which leaves me balance of $8.5f
TO pay for my work. ! have moi
fed any skim milk to these hens, az
we need it for the pigs.
I also wish to tell you Of those
three pullets. I consider them rec
ord breakers. / Matched them out
July 21st, from setting hen. Or
December 21st, just five month;
later, they started laying. They
have laid an average of one tt