PROFIT IN CATTLE
IWt of (imwItiK IWrf I 'jiI He In Torn
IIHI Stat Shown l- !
mrlin'iil of Agriculture
TliHt rattle In tnoat rimm add to
the fiirm Income In tlic corn blt Ih
lndirnted by the rccults of n rrvvut
inrontlRHtlon cowluc-tcd by the de
partment ns part of a runiprr-hcnslvo
Study of the meat situation In which
Its rperlalldtH have been engaged for
(om time. The dlrert profit from
the rnlmng of ralven In thin ! Ion,
the averaRt'B neem to eHtablUh, la us
ually small, but the InveHttgatora
point out that there are other factora
Which make the practice more ad
vantageous than would appi'or at first
Right.
Among these advantages are the
fact that live stock on the fartn pro
Tide a home market and a meuns of
utilization of farm roughage, some
of which might be wiiHted If not fed.
and the use of pastures which could
not be employed profitably In any
other, way. Live stock also affords
a ready home mnrket for certain oth
er crops, which at time would have
tobe hauled considerable distances to
bo sold. Finally, the presence of live
Mock on the farm gives productive
employment throughout the yenr to
labor which at certain season might
otherwise be Idle. Live atock also
gives some Interest on capital invest
ed on equipment, which would pro
duce nothing if not utilized at all
eeasone. The fertilizing value of ma
nure also must be considered. When
these factors are taken into consid
eration, even though there appears
to be little or no profit as shown by
cost figures, it is believed that in
most instances the farm Income Is
greater because of cattle having been
kept on the farm. The keeping of
live stock, therefore, Is to be recom
mended on farms having large quan
tities of cheap roughage available or
having land which can be best util
ised as pasture.
the reader must bear in mind that
there are M divergences in cost in
the several states For this reason
the report, after considering the gen
eral problem, deals In great detail
with the range of costs In the several
states and the averages for the sev
eral sections. The accompanying ta
ble gives the more important facts
cited in the summary.
In discussing the different costs,
the investigators point out that the
difference between the net cost and
the gross cost for the different groups
Is partly due to credit for manure
and largely to credit for milk prod
ucts from the cows that were milked.
The high cost of malnteiiiince of bulls
where baby beef calves are produced
is largely due to the fact that breed
ing bulla of high quality are neces
sary. The hull chariie Is determined
largely by the number of calves pro
duced per bull. While the cow
charge for raising a calf was lowest
In the dual-purpose group, th' addi
tion of the cost of feed and tenor for
the skim-milk culves mak s the cost
of the calf somewhat greater than In
the doublenursing group. Winter
feeding coats ind'cate that there is
comparatively little difference In the
cost of keeping calves In the five
groups other than the baby beef after
weaning time. The "credits" for
baby-beef calves, amounting to $7.53,
Include an allowance for manure and
pork. Reef calves, though the most
valuable as yearlings, cost so much
more than the others that, according
to averages, they were the least pro
fitable. The cost of production ex
ceeded Inventory value by $15. All
cr.lves, except those of the baby-beef
group, were Inventoried Just before
being turned on pasture at a time
when the cost of the calf is greatest
as compared with its value. It Is be
lieved that if the records bad Included
data on the calves until the following
November the difference between the
cest and value would have been much
less. The calves in the dual-purpose
group, although the poorest in qual'ty
seem to rank Becond In point of pro
Summary table showing for the six groiim the various factors that make up
the cost of producing a yearling
Item.
1 Baby I Dual Far-TJauble
beef pur- Mixed tlally nurs-
pose I mllked ing
230 66 110 102 65 22
31.50 34.56 12.75 23.47 14.29 17.32
35.12 36.77 55.14 43.95 42.75 46.50
4.79 5.39 49.07 24.73 21.43 33.26
30.33 31.38 6.07 19.23 21.32 13.24
42.27 53.26 37.51 46.79 34.14 40.53
84.90 90.70 83.90 87.50 90.10 92.10
20.90 26.30 10.70 18.50 12.60 15.00
35.47 34.50 7.34 22.29 23.71 14.53
2.26 2.29 4.02 2.91 3.3 3.02
0.01 9.35 4.48 0.02 0.26
2.56 1.11 .... 0.01
37.74 36.79 23.:'7 30.79 L'7.0 17.82
190 67 99 96 57 22
24.43 30.20 10.57 18.46 11.16 14.2".
38.20 87.4)1 23.64 30 61 26.39 17.82
12.32 3.1.02 9.93 12.01 12.21 10.24
4.62 6.02 4.92 4.72 4.66 3.86
55.14 7M.U5 38.49 47.34 43.26 31.92
1.60 7 ..VI 1.89 1.48 1.54 1.67
53.54 70.52 36.60 45.86 41.72 30.25
Number of farms
Average no. cows per farm
Cost maintaining breeding herd:
Gross cost of maintaining cow
Credits other than calf
Net cost of maintaining cow.
Net cost of maintaining bull.
Calf crop:
Percentage cows raising calves
to weaning time
Number calves per bull
Cost of raising calf to weaning
Cow charge
Bull charge
Feed
Labor
Total cost at weaning time
Cost of raising a yearling:
Number of farms
Average no. calves per farm.
Cost at weaning time
Winter-feed cost"
Other charges
Cross cost
Credits
Net cost
The figures In black cull attention to the fact that the baby-beef animal
is carried somewhat beyond the yearling stage.
The figures of costs cited by the in
vestigators are purely averages based
on actual farms and herds investigat
ed. The Investigators obtained In
1914 and 1915, 596 records from
farms in Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota,
Iowa, Misosuri, South Dakota, Nebr
aska and Kansas. These records
dealt with 14.634 cows, 621 bulls,
and 12.591 calves, produced from
them, of which 2,023 were classed as
baby beef.
These were arranged in aix groups
based on six distinct practices follow
ed by the farmers of this region.
These are:
BKEF. Farms where all the cows
are kept strictly for beef (except ba
by beef), in which there is no sale of
milk and butter.
BABY BEEF. Farms devoted to
the production of high-grade calves
fattened and sold at from 12 to 18
months of age.
DUAL PURPOSE. Farms on
which all the cows are milked and
the calves weaned at birth and raised
on skim milk.
MIXED. Farms where the best
cows are milked, their calves being
weaned at birth, while calves from
other cows run with their dams. This
la a combination of beef and dual
purpose.
PARTIALLY MILKED Farms on
which calves are not weaned, but on
which a part of the milk is drawn
from the cow, the calf taking the re
mainder. DOUBLE NURSINU. Farms
where some of the cows are milked
and their calves given to other cows.
Kumtiuiry of IUtults
The follow ing summaries are based
on these ix classifications, and are
given as averages from the records of
the farms and live stock actually re
ported. The conclusions are averag
es for the entile section studied, and
fit.
The cost of production was lowest
for calves in th double-nursing
group, and us those animals are rela
tively of good quality they showed the
greatest profit. Although they were
but 22 farms in this group the results
seem, to the investigators, significant.
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What's the Answer?
wo binders cutting grain in the
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Engine trouble can be traced to
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according to the Department of Ag
ricultural Engineering of the College
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tappet arms adjusted too closely,
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In preparing a spring chicken for
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and keel bone. The backbone and
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