There is no livestock other than dairy cattle on the representative farms. 

 Except for the elimination of bulls, there is little difference from the sur- 

 vey farms. In Chapter II herd size was described in animal units. In the 

 representative farms animal units are reconverted to milking age cows 

 with calves and heifers enough to replace 25 percent of the cows each 

 year. This somewhat overstates the proportion of young stock in the south- 

 eastern areas and understates it for the northern areas. 



In the case of land, it was considered that quality was so variable and 

 quantity so imperfectly adjusted to needs that it was necessary to resort 

 to a largely synthetic approach. This was done by basing crop and pasture 

 land acreage on roughage requirements of the herd and then adding "other" 

 land (rough brush land) of equal acreage and an appropriate amount for 

 the farmstead. 



Buildings were another type of capital for which existing sizes and valu- 

 ations did not closely fit the present herd size. In the representative in- 

 ventories, buildings were adjusted to the particular herd size and they were 

 assumed to be modern in design and material. This is another change from 

 the survey farms which should permit a given labor force to handle a lit- 

 tle larger herd. 



In general, prices in the representative inventories and budgets approxi- 

 mate those of 1952. They may be seen in the several inventories and budgets. 

 Equipment prices were obtained from dealers. Land prices were approxi- 

 mately those obtained on the survey. 



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