2132 Farm Rireau Circular No. 6 



There has been throughout the year cooperation with granges, farmers' 

 institutes, and extension schools. This year the manager gave inslruction 

 in farm management at the two farm demonstration schools held in 

 the county. The results of farm management surv^ey work have proved 

 interesting at all meetings where they have been presented. 



Of less importance in its ifnmediate results, but w^e believe of possible 

 value if continued, is the farm management survey work this year started 

 by the farm bureau. The figures secured give information on how well 

 the farms of a particular region are paying, as a rule, and the records 

 of the most profitable farms should give information on the best way 

 to run a farm in that particular section. The record of each farm is 

 rettimed to its operator and gives opportunity for the study of the farm 

 business, as compared to the others in the region. 



During the past year the farm bureau has taken records of ninety- 

 farms in this county. While a few of these are scattered in various 

 parts of the county, most of them lie in the region about Sherman, a 

 typical milk-condcnsary region, and the results shown by these records 

 apply to other farms located among similar surroundings. A considerable 

 part of the effort of the farm bureau is to go into this work. While next 

 year the major part of this kind of work done in the county will be con- 

 fined to one or two localities, it is desired that this service should be 

 extended to all those who wish to take advantage of it. The farm bureau 

 manager will take a record of any farm in the county on request. 



After the record is taken, it is carefully copied in the fann bureau 

 ofhce, and the labor income and other factors are worked out. A copy 

 of the record is then returned to the operator of the farm, together with 

 a letter comparing his farm to the average of the region, and also to the 

 best farms in the region. This letter is followed up by a personal visit 

 from .the farm bureau manager or his assistant. Effort is made to get 

 an expression of opinion as to whether the operator of the farm thinks 

 any changes could be made to better his farm business, if so, as to what 

 are the changes, and how he thinks of making them. By following up 

 this work through several years, there is secured an actual measure of 

 accomplishment. We can know what changes have been made and 

 how profitable they have been. 



The resvdts of such survey work, es]3eciall}' when earned on over a 

 period of years, should be of value to the whole territory where similar 

 conditions prevail. It should create the best possible store of knowledge 

 as to how to run a farm for profit in that region for the given type of 

 farming. H. B. Rogers, 



Farm Bureau Manager of Chautauqua County 



CHEMUNG COUNTY 



During the past year four hundred farmers were visited on their farms 

 by the farm bureau manager or others engaged in taking records under 

 the direction of the farm bureau. A total of six hundred farm \dsits 

 were made. Two hundred and fifty farmers made business calls at the 

 office, and there were one htindred telephone calls to and from farmers 

 during the year, 



