“January, 1913, I owned 12 cows, 1 heifer, 2 calves and 1 bull, worth approximately $916. During the following year I fed $135 worth of pasture and $365 worth of feed, all of which, with the exception of $120 worth, was produced on my farm. During the year I sold $1,100 worth of cattle and dairy products and on January 1, 1914, I had remaining 9 head of cows, 3 heifers, 5 calves and 1 bull, worth $870. My profits therefore, were $554, exclusive of labor, manure, etc. I have conducted my dairy business as a side issue to my general farming and feel very well repaid for the attention I have given to it.”
In many articles of this book I have given illustrations of profit in farming before the war to show that regardless of the times there is always money in farming.
PLAN No. 617. BEEF CATTLE IN FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON
This farmer gives his experience as follows:
“According to my experience here in Ferry County, a herd of cattle doubles in three years, aside from keeping themselves. There is always a cash market at your door for anything you have to sell. I have 1,100 acres of land and keep about 100 head of stock through the winter; raise considerable small grain and feed up all my straw as well as what hay is necessary. I now have a nice start in pure bred Short Horn Durhams of milk strain, which gives me good milkers as well as big steers.”
PLAN No. 618. GOOD YIELDS OF WHEAT AND OATS
He made money before the war; what do you think he made during the war? He tells what his farm did in the following account:
“I harvested 135 acres of wheat this year which furnished thirty-two bushels per acre, a total of 4,320 bushels. It cost me $459 to grow it, $200 for cutting and shocking, $345 for threshing. The interest on my investment in land at $80 per acre, and on horses and machinery for two years is $1,536. This leaves a net profit of $829 at 80c per bushel. My oats made a yield of 50 bushels per acre.”
PLAN No. 619. $1,000 A YEAR FROM POULTRY
Here is what a small farmer accomplished in Washington state with poultry in 1910, 1911 and 1912, when prices were much lower than now. He gives his experience as follows: