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THE PI'BENRY PLAINDEALER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY o F. G. SCHREINER -Office in - Bank Building Telephone H-W TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: 0«e Y«»..'..^,1v.V';.„;... tl.M Six MAOth«. f#cu, /, . - . Three Months, Wr COST OF PRODUCING MILK t>at& Secured From JFarmefto Kept Recodb *. Who ; Thursday, March 29, 1917 , SUPERVISOR'S STATEMENT At .the annual meeting of the Mc- Henry County Milk Producers' asso- -Jciation the matter of "the cost of pro- during; milk was taken up and dis- |cussed. It was exceedingly difficult _ to get any definite information re- , • . , „ • " . garding the cost6of producing milk. Of the Financial Affairs of McHenry ^ county advisor was asked to look Township I into the matter and if possible secure :--~~~ information regarding such produc- A full statement of the. financial tion- Data was secured from about of producing such milk is, $2 per 10| :; is really an exceedingly low price US- be paid. A 7,000-pound cow is an exceeding­ ly gqo4 cow as compared with the average cow in the dairy district or in the entire state, and If she only makes a profit of 4 cents per hundred pounds of milk, what is title,poor fel­ low going to do, who has cows which only produce on an average of 4,000 and 5,000 pounds of milk per year? , QUARTER OF A CENTURY affairs of the Town of McHenry, Coun­ ty of McHenry and State of Illinois, as existing on the 27th day of March, A. D. 1917: | Balance received from 1916. .$ 598.00 j Am't ree'd from County Col- j lector, being balance of tax for 1915, less his com..... r46.10 Am't of tax of 1916, ree'd from town collector 827.91 Am't ree'd from all sources. .$1530 01 Total amount paid out and the ac­ count on wliieh the same was paid, are as follows: • Paid judges and clerks, spring j election, 1st district. . .$ 27.00 Paid for hall rent and return- i ing ballots .... 6.50 Paid judges and clerks, spring , election, 2nd district 27.00 Paid Wm. B..Tonyan, Sept. 15, 15 meetings of H. W. Com... 30.00 F'aid John A. Miller, Sept. 15, 15 meetings of H. W. Com.. 32.00 Paid John Boyle, Sept. 15, 16 meetings of H. W. Comr.. 32.00 Paid Jac. L. Conway, Sept. 15, 1' meeting of H. W. Com./. . 2.00 Paid E. V. McAllister, fumi­ gating material 1 6.00 Paid McHenry Plaindealer, .publishing Sept. meeting... 7.60 Paid John D. Kimball, thistle commissioner 56.00 Paid John W. Kimball, 105 days assessing 315.00 Paid Board of Auditors, Sept. meeting 6.00 Paid John Boyle, March 27, 12 meetings of H. W. Com... 24.00 Paid Wm. B. Tonyan, Mar. 27, 12 meetings of H. W. Com... 24.00 ^*?rid John A. Miller, Mar. 27, • 12 meetings of H. W. Com.. 24.00 Paid McII.. Plaindealer, pub lishing Treas. report and meetings 20.45 Paid Chas. B. Harmsen, town clerk's fees 102.02 Paid Dr. Arnold Mueller, fumi­ gating -8.10 Paid S. H. Freund, poor master 50.00 Paid board of auditors, Mar meeting 6,00 thirty farmers who had kept records during 1914 and 1915, a summary of which is given below: * Cost Per Year Milk 4 Items Percent Per Cow Per Cwt. Man labor Horse Equipment Interest Buildings Feed Miscellaneous $ 18.1 3.3 15 5.6 4.3 64.0 3.2 "100 "$143:59" Returns 26.30 4.88 1.86 7.81 6.02 91.96 4.76 ( 39.3 .07 28. 11.5 .09 1.37 6.7 $2,13 3 Items Personal Manure Stock Butter Milk Miscellaneous Per Year Milk Percent Per Cow Per Cwt. 2.3 7. 19.55 .05 70.9 .2 3.06 10.83 30.85 .07 108.27 .64 $ 4.8 15,9 45.8 .01 1.61 .1 .Total amount paid out for all purposes $805.67 Bal. in hand of Supervisor 760.34; Am't of tax levied the preced- J ing year for the payment of | town indebtedness & charges $981.4)1 ; Am't collected by the town col- i lector and paid over to the J present supervisor 827.91: Commissions of the town col­ lector amount to, including | county clerk's fees 65.57 j Leaving balance to be collected | by the founty collector 87.53 j 100 $153.72 $2 2762 It will .seem from looking over this summary that' the total cost of keep­ ing a cow for a year averages $143.59 and the cost of producing one hundred pounds of milk averages $2.13. We al­ so find in looking over the data that the total receipts per cow per year was $153.72 and the total receipts per one hundred pounds of milk average $2.27, thus leaving a net profit of fourteen cents per one hundred pounds of milk. It may seem that the farmers made an exceedingly large amount of money during this period, but v hen we lock at the production of the cows con­ sidered in these thirty some herds we find that it is way above the average. The average production of the cows considered here was 6,720 pounds per cow per year. The average production of the cows in the dairy district around Chicago is less than 5,000 pounds per cow per year. This needs no further explana­ tion, for each man clan figure for him­ self and ask himself this, question, "If a cow producing nearly 7,000 pounds of milk per1 year makes only profit of 14 per cent per 100 pouniis. when feed is comparatively low, what must the cow which will produce less than 5,000 pounds be doing?" When wc consider the cost of pro ducing milk for the year 1916 and 1917 as compared with-1914 and 1915, we find 'nearly every factor the same except the great item of feed cost, which this year has increased 40 per cent and which increased the pro duction of milk an average of 55 cents per hundred, making the total 2ost of producing milk about $2.68 per hun­ dred pounds The price of milk has increased ap- ltems Clipped From The Plaindealer Of Twenty-Five Years Ago C. Stegemann is quite sick at his home in this villqgcj. Perry & O - en are "building a cold storage on the north side of their store. Chas. Nordquist, who is attending school at Valparaiso, is spending his vacation at his homi* here. Peter Schoewer is building a new blacksmith and wagon shop on his corner opposite the city hall. Walter Evanson, who is attending school at Beloit, Wis., is spending vacation with his parents here. Miss Florence Searls, who is at­ tending' school in Chicago", is spending a short vacation at her home here. Mi-is Kate Howe gave a leap year party on Thursday evening of last week, which was a very pleasant and enjoyable affair. The Elgin Brkk and Tile company's yards in this-village are being put in readiness for the season's work. Su­ perintendent Wentworth informs lis that they will be pushed to the full* est capacity the coming season. The milk condensing factory has been ail the talk here, for the past week and it now looks as tho Mc­ Henry might secure the prize. At the meeting Thursday last a good .leal of interest was manifested by the large attendance and more than half the money needed was pledged on the spot. Died--At his residence in this vil­ lage on Saturday, March 26, 1892, Thomas Knox, aged about fifty-six years. He was an old settler of this, town, having lived here almost from boyhood. On Saturday morning he rose as usual and about 7:00 o'clock •vas stricken with paralysis and died at 11:00 o'clock, only four hours after he was first taken. . Statement of the ownership, management, circu­ lation, etc., required by the act of August 24, 1912, of the McHenry ^lp'ndealer, published weekly at M6- TTmry, Illinois, for April 1, 1917: ^ - tor. F. G. Schreiner, McHenry, til. Managing Editor, F. G. Schreiner, McHenry, 111. Business Manager, F. G. Schreiner, McHenry, 111. Publisher, F. G. Schreiner, McHenry,- 111. -- • -- Owner, F. G. Schreiner, McHenry, 131. There are no bondholders, mort­ gagees and other security holders. ----• F. G. Schreiner* Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of March, 1917. [Seal] Joseph C. Holly,? Notary Public. Dated at McHenry this 27th day of ^ proxjmateiy 45 cents per hundred March, 1917. ^ j£or years Qf 1916 and 1917, mak Stephen H., Freund, Supervisor. |.ng ^ ̂ receiptg about $2.72 per Don't junk your broken castings, I hundred pdunds. can weld them and make them good { tjjUS see that the farmer is not as new; I can also weld steel axles ' making as much under the present of all sizes, crank shafts, iron wheels prjces 0j and milk as he was of all kinds, automobile frames, etc. I guarantee every weld. T. B. Mer- win, Woodstock, 111. 40-4t keep Read The Plaindealer and posted on local happenings. during the years of 1914 and 1915. It has been thought that the price of $2 per hundred was an exceedingly high price to be paid for milk, but when' we learn wha^t the actual cost I have tiie agency for the Hudson Super-Six automobile in this terri-» tory and- would like to establish a sub-agency in McHenry. This is the best six cylinder car on the market today for the money, and it mad great record in the trans-continental contest last year. I will give a sub- agent a good proposition. For full particulars write T. B. Merwltt, Woodstock, 111. 40^ Read The Plaindealer and keep posted on local happenings.