Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1919 — The Neighborhood Corner [ARTICLE]

The Neighborhood Corner

Department gi Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Farmers Not Profiteering on Corn , Crop That Jasper county farmers are not profiteering on the 1919 corn crop is one of the facts brought out in the cost of production records being kept by a number of our farmers on their corn crop this year. These farmers, located in various sections of the county, have been keeping track on forms prepared by accountants of the U. S. department of agriculture of all the items going into the &>st of .producing their crop. The records show the cost of (producing corn this season has been about SSO per acre. If these men secured only the average .yield of the county this year, the corn would have cost them about $2 per bushel. Fortunately most of them secured good' yields and came out about even. The greatest single item of expense in raising the crop was rent on the land, some paying S2O per acre or more in share rent. . Horse labor was the next highest item, being nearly twice as much on large farins as man labor and slightly higher than njan labor on smaller farms. The records show that there is a great difference in the efficiency with which farms are operated. One farmer took care of 120'% more corn than another with prac-

tically the same number of man and horse hours of labor than an* other. The man’ with the larger acreage secured the larger yield per Here. Records of the cost of producing various crops are being taken all over the United States in order to throw more light upon practical methods of erpp production. Treasurer • Files Report The expenses and collections of the funds used in the annual livestock show have been filed in this office by fornser Secretary-Treasurer Russel Van Hook. The report shows the collections to be $519.33,» contributed by livestock men, merchants and concessionaires. Expenditures, including a rather large deficit from last year, were met by the disbursement by check of $520.09. All receipted bills, cancelled vouchers, and lists of contributors are on file in this office under the care of the present secretary, E. P. Lane. Parties wishing to consult this memorandum are cordially invited to do sp. Data Used in Buying and Selling Silage The unusual number of public sales this winter has created a constant demand for Information to be used in estimating the amount of silage in a silo after the silo has been in use for some time. This Information is contained in Missouri bulletin 89, which may be obtained from the experiment station at Columbia, Mo. Livestock Men to Meet Again A general meeting of livestock owners of the county has been called by Frank Alter, to be held in the courthouse Saturday afternoon, Jan. 10, at 2 o’clock. Several matters of importance are to be discussed and a large attendance will reflect favorably upon the livestock industry of the locality.