COST OF PRODUCTION OF TIMOTHY AND CLOVER 

 HAY ON SOME NEW YORK FARMS 



(The following article is taken from Cornell Bulletin 377 — Cost Accounts 

 on Some Xew York Farms, by C E. Ladd, Instructor and Investigator in 

 Farm Management.) 



In its climate, soils, and markets, l^ew York State is well 

 adapted for hay production. Nearly all the farms -in the state 

 raise hay. Of the total area in crops on cooperating farms, 38 per 

 cent in 1912, and 34 per cent in 1913, was in timothy and clover. 

 This percentage varied from 9 to 62 on individual farms. Only 

 one farm with which accounts have been kept did not raise timothy 

 and clover; this farm raised alfalfa. On several farms the hay 

 account included small fields of alfalfa or oat and pea hay. These 

 farms were not included in the tabulation. The average yield of 

 timothy and clover hay for Isew York State was 1.25 tons per acre 

 in 1912, and 1.14 tons per acre in 1913.'^ The average yield on the 

 cooperating farms was slightly higher than the average for the 

 state. One farm had an average yield of 2.5 tons per acre, while 

 on one farm the yield was 0.66 tons per acre. Both these farms, 

 however, made a profit in producing hay. 



The data concerning the production of timothy and clover hay 

 are given in the following table. Very little of this hay was mar- 

 keted during the year. 



Averages for Timothy and Clover Hay 



Number of farms 



Total number of acres 



Total yield in tons 



Yield per acre in tons 



Value per acre 



Cost per acre 



Profit per acre 



* U. S. Agr. Dept. Year book 1913:418. 



[601] 



1913 



23 



823.7 

 1185.9 

 1.44 



$15.53 



12.58 



2.95 



$16.34 



12.31 



4.03 



