420 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



cester County, N. J. This survey included about 250 complete farm 

 records, with a large number of enterprise records to supplement. 

 During the latter half of the year this survey was retaken, obtaining 

 records on the same farms for another business year and extending 

 the boundaries of the area to include about 100 more complete farm 

 analyses. Three years' records in this region are deemed advisable 

 before attempting to draw conclusions as to the most profitable or- 

 ganization, because of the wide fluctuation in yields and prices from 

 year to year with this kind of farming. This survey when com- 

 pleted will furnish data for a detailed study of the organization and 

 other problems confronting the commercial truck grower. 



Records were also obtained from 100 or more farms in Mercer 

 County, N. J. Truck growing is practiced here, but is of a different 

 type from that practiced in Gloucester County, truck crops being 

 raised on a smaller scale and for the retail trade. 



Carrying still further the work done in Chester County, Pa., a 

 study has been made of the organization of a number of successful 

 dairy farms. Complete farm-survey records have been taken, with 

 dairy enterprise records to supplement. 



Study has been continued on the system of management on a large 

 dairy farm in New Jersey. On this farm alfalfa is now grown to 

 the extent of about 500 acres. A great part of the previously expen- 

 sive grain ration for a large dairy herd is replaced by this crop, 

 while cash sales add substantially to the farm revenue. This farm is 

 working out many interesting practical problems both in farm prac- 

 tice and in combining the various crop and live-stock enterprises 

 into a smooth operating unit. The study is of particular value in 

 showing how it is feasible to grow alfalfa to such a large extent, in 

 connection with general and dairy farming, without upsetting the 

 organization of the farm. 



In Bradford County, Pa., an extended study has been made of 

 farm organization and farm practice with a view to working out 

 profitable types of farming under conditions which are normally 

 somewhat adverse to best results. In this region there are large 

 numbers of poor-land farms, with little but labor available for their 

 development. The organization problem here is one largely of ex- 

 pediency, as well as of efficiency. The farmer with limited means 

 and poor land is interested only in what is best to do with what he has 

 at hand. In this area careful business study has been made of about 

 300 farms. In addition, the investigator has, by a full season's con- 

 tact on the farms, become thoroughly conversant with the many 

 problems presented. 



SOUTHERN STATES. 



The field work in this section during the past year has been con- 

 ducted as follows: 



In West Virginia 500 farm-survey records were taken in Greenbrier, 

 Monroe, and Upshur Counties, in cooperation with the University of 

 West Virginia. In Christian County, Ky., and Montgomery County, 

 Tenn., 350 farm records were taken. These studies were supple- 

 mented by over 300 farm-enterprise and cost records. A tabula- 

 tion of 200 farm records and 100 enterprise records taken in the blue- 

 grass region of Kentucky has been made. Similar studies have been 

 made in Jefferson County, Ky. 



