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Show Wie ws From Farm-Ranch THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF UTAH BY WES DICKERSON The livestock using a building should pay for it. Their ability to pay rent depends mainly upon two actors: (1) The volume of production pounds of milk, pork, beef and dozens of eggs; (2) Price received for the products. pro-ducts. , Building costs have not been given proper weight because farm buildings have been considered con-sidered a "necessary evil." Barns were built because "I need a barn." Too often livestock buildings build-ings are paid for by the sweat and toil and reduced earnings of the operator. A 1929 Wisconsin dairy barn cost $300 per cow. The 15-year income record, including the high-priced war years, showed that the cows actually were paying off a capital investment of only $110 per head. The farm land was paying for this fine barn, not the cows, which should have been the case. Don't build a "Grandpa Barn." Consider a deluxe model. Build for usability. , Make some buildings portable, especially those used for ho houses, crib-feeders, hay feeders, And some portable cattle barns lend to greater efficiency, although al-though not in many cases in this area. Build for many uses. Reduce ventilation and insulation costs. The inside temperature of a building should be close to the outside temperature for healthy livestock. Provide protection from the extremes of weather and supply concentrated heat only where needed for young animals and poultry. |