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square, but you just' don’t fence many square fields* But I’ll not wiggle out by putting all the burden on yOu. You can use or reject my figures. Remember, I said, and meant it, when I wrote that your actual costs are better figures to use than mine. My 40 acre pasture is square. My material costs for 20 rods of fencing are: $29.00 for 47 inch wire and I strand 4 point barbed wire; $33.00 for posts, braces, brace wire, etc 30 hours of labor at 75; or total labor of $22.50. This comes to $84.50 per 20 rod unit. My forty acre, square, field measures 1320 ft. on each side, which figures 16 twenty rod units. Thus my total fencing costs is $1352.00. My material and construction ability are not the best; figure they’ll last about 15 years or will depreciate at $90.13 per year. This depreciation plus $16.08 for taxes plus $144.00 interest comes to $250.21 or an ownership cost of $6.25 per acre per year. Now lets not figure any further. . no fertilizer costs, no lime costs, no clipping costs, no distribution of costs for establishing the grass. Nope to figure all theke some one might get sick, fact is I might make them feel something terrible if I figure in all these costs! Nope, I’ll just stick to taxes, depreciation on fencing, and interest on this land I bought at $60 per acre. Still with me? My fixed costs per acre total only $6.25. But remember each cow needs 3 acres of this land so my cost
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