ceipts from farming in New Hampshire, and about 95 percent of cash re- 

 ceipts from livestock and products (Table 1). In 1953, over 95 percent of 

 grain-feed requirements in the state were accounted for by pouhry and 

 ttle.* 



dairy ca 



Table 1. Cash Receipts from Farming in New Hampshire, by Enterprises, 1949 and 1953 



^ Includes turkeys in 1953, but does not include miscellaneous poultry in 191-9 or 1953. 

 ^ Includes turkeys in 1949, and miscellaneous poultry in 1949 and 1953. 



Source: Farm Income Situation, Bureau of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Marketing 

 Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Mixed grain-feed is the principal cash cost in poultry and dairy pro- 

 duction. Purchased feed may account for 65-70 per cent of unit costs of 

 producing market eggs. On central Northeast dairy farms in 1953, feed 

 purchased accounted for about 36 percent of cash expenditures. f Feeding 

 constitutes a major share of chore time on poultry farms. Feeding grain to 

 dairy cattle does not take a very significant share of total chore time, but 

 any reduction effected may be enhanced since it occurs during the critical 

 time periods of the day. 



Among the considerations pertinent to effectuating economies in the 

 grain feeding operation on New Hampshire poultry and dairy farms are 

 the following: 



(1) Bulk feed. 



(2) Size of business. 



(3) Type of housing. 



(4) Arrangement of facilities. 



(5) Organization of the chore program. 



(6) Feeding practices. 



(7) Time savings vs. costs of installation or remodelling. 



* N. H. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 426, Table 4. 



t The Farm Cost Situation, Agr. Res. Sen, U. S. Dept. Agr., Oct., 1954, Table 

 13, p. 37. 



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