FIOUTiS (Continued)
Another man says it costs money to buy fertiliser . I- don’t -have
it." It also cost3 money to buy dairy ration from the Co-op. You
pay the outside farmer for his grain; you pay the transportation
cormany for hauling it to you; you pay the Co-op for handlin' it.
Not only that bxit you pay some fellow for thinking up a" fancy nave
for their patent mixture.
Cne farmer asked me the other day if it was cheaper to purchase
dairy ration or use grain he ’ ad at home and mix with purchased
protei feeds such cs fish meal. Ye figured roughly as follows:
The value of >2.o0 was placed on local grain. The price the farmer
will have to pay for it from the Co-op. Linseed meai was priced at
'hi.30 which later I learned was too high.
Usin'- the dairy concentrate offered for sale at the Co-op,
following figures were worked up.
the
drain
amount
.^protein in mixture
Earley
Oats
Dairy concentrate
Toy
100
000
TUT
Cost pe]
-1 00
03
Using local grain
pr icea:
Barley
Oa t s
wish meal
Linseed meal
-i o • 0/0
TD ,TT fpci • c w t)
and purchased Linseed and Fish real at retail
100
ICO
100
50
«. / t v 0
you get by us in;
'e Dairy r:
grain at
tsr
.on
,
at
According to the above figures
16.6;1 protein feed for ,3.01. By using the local
you get a 16.9:1 feed for ,2.30. i ore protein for loss money V”
using local grt in. Outside groin retails at ,3.15. Deduct " V for
sack and 20^ for grinding making it worth 2.05. ' dho says v„
can’t produce grain h'-re for 02.85 a hundred? You will have to
show me figures before I will believe we cannot.
cwt)
e must bo careful not to get sucked into that vicious circle of
buying expensive feed and asking more for the product to make our
profit. Lets reverse the thing. Use cheaper food if necessary and
ask even less for our product. Otherwise some independent dairy
men will set up business, expand and serve our customers with a
product which is cheaper in price. You know what the custor -
will do.
doward Estelle
Dist. Yxt jn3Ion A ~ont
KINGS SAIL FOR VISIT
V.r and !,?rs C.V.King Sr. loft
yesterday to sail on t’-e Yukon
for Seattle v/horo they will visit
their dan "liter June and other
rolrtiv . They plan to return
January 1.
DORSEYS RSTYRY fro:: ST/.
Dr. end Era Dorsey and tv:
v."hO’ have been visiting in
St:tes the last covr-lo of
rc.turnc d to 1 ay.
p':!3
6 sons
C .ic
. onths