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<br />I <br />I. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />Ie <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />Ie <br />I <br /> <br />2788 <br /> <br />Table A4.8 Livestock Information (Continued) <br /> <br />Crowley County: Foxley 45,000 head <br />Prowers County: Continental 35,000 head <br />Reyer 20,000 head <br />3 Others 28,000 head <br /> 3,000 head <br /> 5.000 head <br /> 86,000 head <br /> <br />Above figures for Otero, Crowley and Prowers Counties are in a typical winter <br />- usually 2 to 2 1/2 times turnover per year. <br /> <br />Multiply by 2 would be close to the true statistics. <br /> <br />Bent and Kiowa Counties have negligible quantities <br /> <br />Hay - average feeder animal gets 70 pounds hay and/or corn silage <br /> <br />Corn - Average per head in a feeding period - 2300 pounds <br /> <br />~ ~I Corn raised in the Arkansas Valley is fed in southeastern Colorado. Some ~ <br />additional corn is brought in from outside area. <br /> <br />Manpower Costs (rule of thumb): 1.2 to J.5 employees per thousand head of <br />livestock. <br /> <br />Average payroll: $2,000 gross per thousand head per month. <br /> <br />Other Costs (Utilities; repairs and maintenance, etc., excluding any interest): <br />Estimate is $3,000 per thousand head monthly <br /> <br />A4-11 <br />