. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. 340 ELEMENTS OF FAIi3I PRACTICE to invest money in stock if one could not get as much in- terest on it as if it were invested in some other enterprise. A very common rate of interest is 6%. Thus, if one had $400 invested in Uve stock for a year, one of the charges against the stock would be an interest charge of $24, as that is the amount $400 would earn, if loaned at 6%. Feed.—The value of all feed consumed must be charged to the stock. This is usually the only charge considered, but it is evident that the other items mentioned are as legitimate charg
. Elements of farm practice. Agriculture. 340 ELEMENTS OF FAIi3I PRACTICE to invest money in stock if one could not get as much in- terest on it as if it were invested in some other enterprise. A very common rate of interest is 6%. Thus, if one had $400 invested in Uve stock for a year, one of the charges against the stock would be an interest charge of $24, as that is the amount $400 would earn, if loaned at 6%. Feed.—The value of all feed consumed must be charged to the stock. This is usually the only charge considered, but it is evident that the other items mentioned are as legitimate charges. It seems at first thought that it would be difficult to keep account of the amount of feed fed to each cow or to all the cows, but very little time is required to get ap- proximately the amount fed for a month. If one carefully weighs, for a few days, the hay and grain that are fed, one can soon learn to feed about the desired amount without weighing, but simply by using the same measure for grain and giving about the same sized forkful of hay or the same number of bundles of fodder. When one knows about the amount of feed fed per day, the amount fed per month can be ascertained by multiplying it by the number of days in the month. Labor or any work done in caring for any class of live* stock or marketing the product must be charged against the enterprise; because, if a man hires labor, he must pay. Figure 150.—-Weighing hay. If one weighs hay a few times when feeding one will soon be able to tell approximately how much one is feeding without weighing it every Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, Archie Dell, 1875- [from old catalog]; Wilson, E. W. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publishing co.
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