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(Continued from page J.) . on the subject and here is what 1 came out with: Good beef cow worth ..$300.00 Good pfcsture worth .j...$50.00 Good pasture, acre, worth $50.00
(3 required per cow with calf) Cost wintering cow: 2 tons hay @ $20.00 _$40.00 Labor per'head, year r...$15.00 Depreciation on bull „.__.$ 5.00
» Approx, cost per cow ____$60.00
A 450-lb. calf <§) 30c per lb. fetched $135.00 less $60.00 is $75.00 profit. Neither the cow nor the land was depreciated, f he total investment outside (he maintenance cost of cow which has already been accounted for was $450.00 of this 1/3 was allowed the man furnishing the three acres of land and two thirds the party - furnishing the cow. If they are to benefit equally the $75.00' profit would be divided $25.00 to the party furnishing the land and $50 to the cow owner. Thus the farmer who figured it at $9.50 per acre per season would wind up with seasonal grazing charges of $23.75 per head. Thus we were but $1.25 apart.
Now my farmer friend is not saying he is right nor am I. There are pastures and even exercise lots sometimes referred to as pastures, however, both of us agree in the belief that $1.50 per month' is far too low.
It appears high timfc our farmers having pasture to rent should do some practical thinking to in- t, elude carrying capacity of the
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